Blackmagic Media Dock Ultra

If your production can't afford a single point of failure — this is the storage solution you've been waiting for. The Blackmagic Media Dock Ultra is purpose-built for live broadcast, high-resolution film, and mission-critical post pipelines where speed, redundancy, and instant media access aren't optional. It's the world's fastest network storage with removable media modules, and once you work with it, the idea of dumping files to a NAS feels like a step backward.

Designed for Film and Television

Most network storage solutions treat media like files to be moved. The Media Dock Ultra treats it like something to be accessed instantly — and that changes everything about how fast your team can work. Pop a Blackmagic Media Module straight from a URSA Cine camera into the dock and your editors and colorists are cutting 12K RAW within seconds. No dump. No copy. No waiting at a transfer station while the clock runs.

Install it into a DIT cart for on-set color grading during the shoot, then move the media module directly to your post facility when production wraps — same files, same format, zero transcoding. It constantly syncs to Blackmagic Cloud as well, so a colorist in another city can access the same media your on-set team is grading, simultaneously.

Two 100G Ports — And They're Completely Separate

The two 100G QSFP28 Ethernet ports sit on completely independent IP subnets. Run one network for your edit stations, the other for your color suite — or bond both through a managed switch for up to 200G of aggregate bandwidth. Either way, you're not sharing a pipe with anyone who shouldn't be on it. Each port can be assigned its own independent IP address and subnet mask, which means you can isolate your production networks without needing additional VLAN configuration on the switch side.

A separate 1G RJ45 management port keeps admin traffic, firmware updates, and Cloud Store Setup completely off your production network. A USB-C port gives you direct disk access from a laptop for file management without touching Ethernet at all.

Professional Rack Mount Design Built for Sustained Performance

The 3RU chassis uses server-style front-to-rear airflow with a redundant fan array — a meaningful upgrade over passive side ventilation. M.2 drives generate significant heat under sustained load, and the Ultra's thermal design keeps every module running at maximum data speeds even in dense rack environments. Illuminated LED rings around each module bay give you at-a-glance read/write activity without pulling up a management interface.

Two redundant power supplies with two IEC C14 inputs mean a single PSU failure doesn't stop the show. Both supplies support 100–240V so you can deploy the same unit globally without an adapter or step-down transformer.

Key Features

• Dual 100G Ethernet on separate networks — assign independent IP addresses and subnet masks per port; bond both via managed switch for up to 200G aggregate
• Up to 3 Blackmagic Media Modules — same modules as URSA Cine cameras; each with 4 x M.2 NVMe in RAID 0 and integrated heat sink for maximum sustained throughput
• 2 x SDI (1.5G/3G) + 1 x HDMI monitoring — real-time display of storage map, network data rate graph, Cloud Sync status, user activity, and hardware health on any broadcast monitor at 1080p50/59.94/60
• Dual redundant power supplies — two IEC C14 inputs, 100–240V universal; single-supply failure does not interrupt storage access; server-grade front-to-rear cooling with redundant fan array
• Blackmagic Cloud + AWS S3 sync — continuous background upload; up to 50 concurrent network clients; NFS (HFS+ formatted) and SMB protocol support

Why It Matters in the Real World

Live production doesn't wait. When a show wraps at midnight, your AD doesn't want to hear that media is still copying. With the Media Dock Ultra, you pull the module, walk it to post, and they're already cutting before your equipment cases are packed. That's the real value here — not the spec sheet, but the hour you give back to every person on the crew.

DaVinci Resolve can edit growing files live during a HyperDeck ISO Recorder 100G session. Which means your colorist can start building a timeline before the cameras stop rolling. In a 24-hour news environment or a live event with a same-day deliverable, that's the difference between making air and missing it.

Use Cases

Key Specifications

Ready to spec the Blackmagic Media Dock Ultra for your facility?

The team at CoreMicro has hands-on experience integrating this unit into live broadcast racks, film post facilities, and enterprise media environments. Questions about 100G switch compatibility, QSFP28 transceiver selection, or NFS vs. SMB configuration for DaVinci Resolve? Contact our broadcast infrastructure team before you order — we'll make sure your cabling plant and network topology match what this dock is capable of delivering.