Blackmagic Cloud Store Ultra 48TB

What it is — and who needs it

The Blackmagic Cloud Store Ultra 48TB is not a typical NAS. It is a purpose-built, broadcast-grade flash storage server designed from the ground up for productions that cannot afford a bottleneck — Hollywood features, large-scale live events, high-volume post houses, and broadcast facilities where dozens of editors are all working on the same media at the same time.

Blackmagic engineered the internal memory core to fully saturate both 100G Ethernet ports simultaneously. That means even when your editing suite is fully loaded — 20, 30, 40 DaVinci Resolve workstations all pulling massive 17K RAW files — the storage does not flinch. The parallel 12-card NVMe architecture keeps latency so low that cuts feel instantaneous. And the front-to-rear server-style cooling keeps it running remarkably quiet even under maximum sustained load.

At this performance tier, the Ultra distinguishes itself from the Cloud Store Max by replacing the 4x10G + 100G setup with two fully independent 100G QSFP28 ports — each assignable to its own IP address and subnet for true load balancing and up to 200G aggregate bandwidth. That is a fundamentally different class of shared storage infrastructure.

Key features

• 1. Dual independent 100G QSFP28 Ethernet Each port gets its own IP address and subnet mask. Pair with a managed switch for load balancing and up to 200G aggregate throughput — no traffic collision, no single point of failure on the network side.
• 2. 48TB 12-card RAID 0 NVMe flash core M.2 NVMe cards operating in parallel deliver speeds that outpace the Ethernet links themselves. Most workstations run out of CPU before this storage hits its ceiling.
• 3. RAID 5 support for data protection Unlike RAID 0-only units, the Ultra supports RAID 5 distributed parity — so you can have redundancy built in without sacrificing the entire raw capacity to mirroring.
• 4. Dual redundant power supplies Two IEC C14 power inputs feed two internal PSUs. If one fails mid-shoot or mid-grade session, the other takes over immediately. No downtime, no data loss, no conversation with a nervous producer.
• 5. Blackmagic Cloud Sync and AWS S3 integration Distribute media to remote editors globally without configuring a VPN or calling your IT department. Cloud Sync works alongside DaVinci Resolve bins, keeping remote teams synchronized as footage arrives from set.
• 6. Built-in 2.2-inch color LCD front panel Spin knob, 3 buttons, and a full-color display right on the front. Check storage capacity, network throughput, user activity, Cloud Sync status, and RAID health without connecting a laptop or opening a browser.

Why it matters in the real world

• Multicam editing without slowdowns With dozens of editing workstations connected, the parallel NVMe core maintains consistent throughput across all of them. No spinning-wheel delays between cuts. No frustrated colorists watching progress bars.
• 17K RAW — no sweat Blackmagic designed this unit to handle the most bandwidth-intensive camera formats available today. If you are shooting on a URSA Cine 17K, the Cloud Store Ultra ensures storage is never the weak link in the chain.
• Quiet enough for controlled environments Server-grade front-to-rear cooling, engineered to stay acoustically manageable at full sustained load. It belongs in a machine room — but it will not blow your sound recordist off the stage if it has to live nearby.

Ideal use cases

• 🎬 Feature film and high-end television post Central shared storage for large DaVinci Resolve editorial suites. Handles simultaneous colorists, assistants, and finishing artists without performance degradation.
• 📡 Live broadcast and ISO recording Ideal paired with HyperDeck Extreme for multi-camera ISO capture. The dual 100G connections can handle simultaneous ingest and playback at scale without congestion.
• 🌐 Global remote collaboration Sync media to DaVinci Resolve editors and colorists at remote facilities via Blackmagic Cloud and AWS S3 — no VPN required, no manual file transfer, no version confusion.
• 🏢 Multi-bay post-production facilities High-throughput shared storage backbone for facilities running multiple color bays, VFX workstations, and audio suites simultaneously off a single storage node.

Technical specifications