Blackmagic Design - Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini 16TB

Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini 16TB is a high-performance network storage designed for the film and television industry, which integrates Blackmagic Cloud synchronization and supports DaVinci Resolve proxy files. Its lightning-fast core flash memory allows a multitude of users to operate simultaneously. Thanks to the sync with the Blackmagic Cloud site, with Dropbox and Google Drive, you can use the Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini 16TB to share files all over the world, a very useful feature if you work with large data collections or with heavy digital cinema files and videos. Using the internet to synchronize files on a local storage eliminates delays and latency at the root because each user will have access to a local copy on their own network.

Designed to handle large film and TV files that require simultaneous work by editors, colorists, sound engineers and VFX artists, it also handles huge Blackmagic 12K RAW files for digital cinema with zero latency, without having to save themselves on your computer. You can even create a broadcast playback system by connecting several HyperDeck recorders and DaVinci Resolve 19.

The Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini 16TB is 1/2 rack wide and features a single high-speed 10G Ethernet connection found only on the most expensive workstations. 10G Ethernet is 10 times faster than standard Ethernet, and you can enable it on most computers.

It integrates an array of 4 RAID 0 M.2 flash memory cards that work in parallel for greater speed. This massive parallel core memory is the only one that offers the speed necessary to allow large groups of HyperDeck recorders, and dozens of editing stations, to work simultaneously! Additionally, it offers video monitoring output with real-time storage status graphics.

Thanks to 1G and 10G Ethernet connections, Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini 16TB offers astonishing speed. The internal core memory is designed to saturate the 10G Ethernet ports at their maximum theoretical speed, even when multiple users are connected. Plus, file access is zero latency, for sensational responsiveness.

You can also install a local cache of files uploaded to the Blackmagic Cloud site or Dropbox and Google Drive! This speeds up your work because you take advantage of the unlimited distribution of files globally thanks to the constant synchronization of the Blackmagic Cloud Store. It's also ideal for backing up files from different locations!

This device offers an additional advantage: it is easily repairable by qualified computer engineers since the design is based on a single PCB anchored to the M.2 memory cards and power supply. This way, flash memory cards can be replaced easily. Additionally, Blackmagic Cloud Store uses Blackmagic OS with wear leveling to prevent excessive data writing to each M.2 card. In the future, when larger M.2 cards become available, simply insert them into the Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini 16TB for even greater storage capacity.

Finally, one of the advantages of Blackmagic Cloud Store is total control of your private storage system; in fact, it does not require subscription or monthly license costs, and there is no tracking of the data or their use. You won't even have to log into a paid cloud-based web service to manage your settings because Blackmagic Cloud Store has its own free utility for Mac and Windows, which lets you customize a wide range of settings, offers the ability to enter login and password of your choice for each user and to enable file downloading via FTP or browser. It also allows you to update network settings and security certificates and set up synchronization with the Blackmagic Cloud site, as well as with Dropbox and Google Drive.

Technical characteristics

Connections

• 10G Ethernet port: 1 x Ethernet 100/1000/10G BASE-T
• 1G Ethernet port: 1 x 100/1000 BASE-T
• USB-C port: 1 x USB 3.0 (up to 5 Gb/s), supports Ethernet over USB
• HDMI monitor outputs: 1
• Computer interface: USB-C or Ethernet for shared file access, configuration and software updates

File sharing protocol

• Protocol: SMB
• Computer connections: 50 max.

Cloud synchronization

• Compatible services: Dropbox, Google Drive

Displays

• HDMI monitor out standards: 1080p 50, 1080p 59.94, 1080p 60
• Monitor out displays: device name, storage capacity and use, cloud sync status, user activity, hardware status, storage map, network data rate graph
• Status indicator: front panel LED illuminates white indicating normal operation or red indicating disk fault

Storage

• Storage type: M.2 NVMe SSD
• Total capacity: 16TB

Device control

• External control: USB-C or Ethernet for configuration and software updates

Software

• Software included: Blackmagic Cloud Setup Utility, Blackmagic Proxy Generator Lite, internal software upgrade via Blackmagic Cloud Setup using USB-C port

Operating systems

• Mac 14.3 Sonoma or later, Windows 10, 64-bit, Windows 11

Power requirements

• Power supply: internal 100 - 240 V_AC 50/60 Hz with IEC C14 mains input
• Power inputs: 1 x IEC C14 mains input, 1 x 12 V_DC locking 5.5 mm barrel connector
• Power usage: 35 W

Environmental specifications

• Operating temperature: 0 to 40 °C  
• Storage temperature: -20 to 60 °C
• Relative humidity: 0% to 90% non-condensing

Physical specifications

• Dimensions: 21 x 4.4 x 15.4 mm
• Weight: 1.17 kg

What's included

• Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini 16TB
• Welcome wallet with QR code for software download