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Blackmagic

Cloud Store

Blackmagic Cloud Store

Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini

Blackmagic Cloud Pod

March 2023

Operation Manual

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Welcome

Thank you for purchasing your Blackmagic Cloud Store.

The Blackmagic Cloud Store is a very fast high capacity network storage solution

that’sdesigned to handle large media files used on Hollywood feature films. The design

uses advanced flash memory so it easily handles lots of simultaneous users. Plus it’s

extremely easy to set up!

The Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini has a portable rack mount design and features four

internal M.2 cards in a RAID 0 configuration so it can sustain the maximum possible

speed on its 10G Ethernet port.

Blackmagic Cloud Pod allows any USB disk to be shared on your network. That means

you can use the USB disks you already have!

This instruction manual shows you how to get started with Blackmagic Cloud Store.

Check the support page on our website at www.blackmagicdesign.com for the latest

version of this manual and for updates to your Blackmagic Cloud Store’s internal

software. When downloading the software, be sure to register with your information

sowe can keep you updated when new software is released.

We are continually working on new features and improvements, so we are keen to

hear from you!

Grant Petty

CEO Blackmagic Design

English

Contents

Introducing Blackmagic Cloud Store 5

Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini 5

Blackmagic Cloud Pod 5

Getting Started 6

Plugging in Power 6

Connecting to a Network 7

What is 10G Ethernet? 7

Accessing Storage 7

Monitoring 8

Adding Syncs 8

Setting Date and Time 8

Sign into Dropbox and Google Drive 8

Sync Folder and Direction 9

Backup 11

Ingest 13

HDMI Monitor Output 15

Storage Map 15

Cloud Sync Panel 16

User Activity Panel 16

Data Rate Graphs 16

Hardware Panel 17

Error Messages 17

Ejecting your Cloud Store 18

Blackmagic Cloud Store Setup 19

Home Screen 19

Settings 20

Setup 20

Cloud Sync 21

Storage 22

Proxy Generator 23

Adding Watch Folders 23

Setting the Format 25

Managing Proxy Files 25

Formatting USB Drives 26

Formatting Drives on a Mac 26

Formatting Drives in Windows 26

Updating the Internal Software 27

Help 28

Regulatory Notices 29

Blackmagic Cloud Pod & Cloud

Store Mini 29

Blackmagic Cloud Store 30

Safety Information 31

Warranty 32

4Blackmagic Cloud Store

Introducing Blackmagic Cloud Store

The Blackmagic Cloud Store is a very fast high capacity network disk designed to handle large

media files. Using advanced flash memory, Blackmagic Cloud Store handles many simultaneous

users and is available in various storage capacities. With live sync, files can be distributed

between multiple units globally for very fast local file access, even on lower cost internet

connections. Blackmagic Cloud Store includes four 10G Ethernet connections with Ethernet

switch, RAID 5 data protection and redundant power supplies.

Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini

The Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini is a fast network storage solution in a compact rack mount

design with 8 TB of flash memory. It features a high speed 10G Ethernet connection and four

internal M.2 flash memory cards operating in parallel RAID 0 for fast file access.

Blackmagic Cloud Pod

The Blackmagic Cloud Pod lets you turn any USB-C disk into network storage. For example,

sharing a media disk recorded on a camera with multiple users on your network.

5Introducing Blackmagic Cloud Store

Getting Started

To get started with your Blackmagic Cloud Store, all you need to do is plug in power

andconnect to a network.

Plugging in Power

Connect power to Blackmagic Cloud Store using a standard IEC power cable.

When power is connected, a soft light will illuminate

from the underside of the unit

On Blackmagic Cloud Pod, connect power using

the supplied 12V DC power adapter

6Getting Started

Connecting to a Network

For the fastest file transfer speeds, connect a 10G Ethernet connector

fromyourcloudstoretoaporton your 10G network switch. We

recommendusing CAT 6A Class E or F network cables for longer cable

runs. If you havea 1G network switch, connect using your cloud store’s

1GEthernetconnector.

What is 10G Ethernet?

10G Ethernet is a very fast Ethernet connection used in the latest Ethernet

switches capable of transferring data at up to 10 Gb/s. 10G Ethernet is

perfect for video workflows where files are typically very large.

1G Ethernet connectors are provided for slower connections such as the

internet or slower computers. They are part of your cloud store’s built in

Ethernet switch and help keep the faster 10G ports free.

TIP If your computer does not have a 10G Ethernet port but has a Thunderbolt 3 port,

you can plug in using a Thunderbolt 3 to 10G Ethernet adapter. This means you will get

faster transfer speeds than you would via a 1G Ethernet port. These adapters are also

available as PCIe cards that you can install in your computer.

Accessing Storage

To access storage on a Mac computer:

1 Open Finder and click on ‘network’ in the sidebar menu.

2 Double click on your Blackmagic Cloud Store in the list.

3 Now double click on internal storage.

Your Blackmagic Cloud Store will now appear in the locations sidebar.

To access storage on a Windows computer:

1 Click on the ‘Network’ menu item in File Explorer sidebar. You will see your Blackmagic

Cloud Store listed.

2 Double click on your cloud store and a Windows security dialog box will appear askingfor

network credentials.

3 Set the username and password to ‘guest’.

NOTE If your computer fails to connect, your cloud store may belong to a Windows

workgroup. Use ‘workgroup\guest’ as your username and ‘guest’ as your password to

log into your storage.

4 Click ‘OK’.

You will now see your cloud store in the File Explorer window and can access the storage like

anyother network drive.

Alternatively, you can access your storage from the setup utility. On a Mac computer click the

‘Show in Finder’ button. On a Windows computer this button is ‘Show in File Explorer’.

7Getting Started

Monitoring

The HDMI monitor output lets you see the status of your cloud store in real time. Simply plug

in a TV or monitor. You can see a storage map, speed graphs, sync, active users and power

status. For more information, refer to the ‘HDMI monitor output’ section.

That’s all there is to getting started! Keep reading this manual for information about how to

syncto your online services, set sync folders and direction, plug in USB drives and more.

Adding Syncs

The first step to adding syncs is to download and install Blackmagic Cloud Store Setup from the

Blackmagic Design support center at www.blackmagicdesign.com/support

After installing the software, launch Blackmagic Cloud Store Setup and click on the settings icon

to open the settings for your cloud store. The sync settings are located in the ‘cloud sync’ tab.

Setting Date and Time

Cloud services such as Dropbox or Google Drive require the correct date and time to sync to

your Blackmagic Cloud Store. By default, your cloud store will use the Cloudflare NTP server to

automatically set thedate and time.

To sync your online account with Blackmagic Cloud Store all you need to do is sign into your

online account using the cloud sync settings, set the folder you want to sync to and set the

sync direction.

Sign into Dropbox and Google Drive

1 Click on the ‘sign in’ button for the Dropbox or Google Drive account. Asign in window

will appear.

2 Sign into Dropbox or Google Drive.

A confirmation message will indicate that you have successfully connected.

Iftheconnection failed, check your computer is connected to the Internet.

3 You can close the browser window.

8Adding Syncs

Sync Folder and Direction

1 After signing in, you will see an ‘add sync location’ window appear in the setup utility.

2 Name the sync location and click on the folder icons to point to your desired sync folders.

These would typically share the same name.

3 Select the sync direction. For example, if you are syncing to Dropbox and you want to sync

files from your cloud store to Dropbox but not from Dropbox to your cloud store, select

‘from cloud store to Dropbox’.

4 Click ‘add’.

Your online server account is now synced to your Blackmagic Cloud Store.

Status indicators provide information about the sync process

9Adding Syncs

5 If you want to add additional sync locations to your account click on the ‘add sync’ button.

The sync arrows show the sync direction. A blue arrow shows that data is being sent

from your cloud store and a yellow arrow shows that data is being received. If data

is being sent and received at the same time, then a blue and yellow arrow will be

displayed. A gray arrow indicates when data is not being synced in that direction.

The percentage figure to the right of the sync arrows shows the current status of the

syncprogress.

Click on the ‘edit sync’ indicator to change the sync location name.

Click on this indicator to delete the sync location. In the confirmation dialog box,

click‘continue’ to confirm or ‘cancel’ to abort the deletion.

10Adding Syncs

Backup

By connecting a USB disk to Blackmagic Cloud Store or Cloud Store Mini, you can store local

backups of your data. Any external disk or disk array that connects via USB-C can be used and

will continue to be updated for as long as the disk is connected to your Cloud Store.

To start the process of backing up your cloud store:

1 Plug a formatted USB drive into Blackmagic Cloud Store’s ‘backup’ USB-C port, or into

the rear USB-C port on Cloud Store Mini. The drive will appear in the ‘backup’ section of

Blackmagic Cloud Setup’s ‘cloud sync’ page.

+12 V D C 10G ETHERNET 1G ETHERNET ETHERNET VIA USB MONITOR OUT

11Backup

2 Click on the ‘add backup’ button.

3 In the ‘add backup location’ window, type a name for the backup. This would typically be

the same name as your source folder.

4 Click the cloud store folder icon and select the folder on your cloud store that you want to

back up. Your cloud store will create a new folder on your external drive using the name of

the folder selected.

5 Click ‘add’.

Your cloud store will now back up all the files in the cloud store folder to your external drive

backup folder. Backup sync will automatically update any time you make changes to the original

files on your cloud store.

Deleted Files

While synced, any deleted files on your cloud store will not be deleted from your external drive.

Instead, the cloud store utility will create a folder in the external drive labelled ‘deleted files’ and

move the deleted files into this folder. This is useful when files need to be recovered that may

have been deleted by mistake, or the project requirements change and you need to use those

files again.

12Backup

Older Files

When files are overwritten, the original files are also moved to a new folder within the external

drive named ‘older files’. This means if you need to recover an overwritten file, you can easily

restore it.

USB Disk Space

If the external USB-C disk doesn’t have enough free space to accommodate the backup,

a warning will be displayed. The backup will continue until the external drive is full.

Ingest

Blackmagic Cloud Store’s ingest feature lets you automatically copy files from external USB-C

media to your Cloud Store’s internal storage. For example, you can ingest media from a USB-C

drive or from a camera card connected using a card reader.

To ingest files:

1 Connect your external media to your Cloud Store’s ‘ingest’ USB-C port.

13Ingest

2 Your connected media will appear in the ‘ingest’ section of Blackmagic Cloud Store Setup’s

‘cloud sync’ page.

3 Your Cloud Store will automatically begin copying the files from the external media to its

internal storage into a folder named to match your media. For example, if you have plugged

in a CFast card with camera files in a folder named ‘A001’, cloud store will save them to an

internal folder named ‘A001’.

NOTE If the drive you have connected has the same name as a folder within the cloud

store, a new folder will be created with the same name and a number appended on

the end. For example, if the existing folder is called ‘A001’ and the drive you plug in is

the same name, a new folder will be created labeled ‘A001-01’.

14Ingest

HDMI Monitor Output

The monitor output provides a comprehensive overview of the storage status, plus all user

activity in real time. This section of the manual includes information about the different panels

and graphs.

Storage Map

The storage map shows a graphic representation of the memory core and where the read and

write access is happening for the connected users.

The cells represent storage sectors being written to and read. Each cell will change color as

it fills with data, for example a cell will start gray to represent an empty sector then change to

purple and brighten as it fills with data.

The orange cells represent data being written and the blue cells represent data being read.

15HDMI Monitor Output

Cloud Sync Panel

The cloud sync panel shows all the syncs you have added. Blue arrows indicate data is being

synced to your online folder and the orange arrows indicate data syncing from your online

folder toyour Blackmagic Cloud Store.

Storage space indicators are visible under the online location name and the panel will expand

asmore syncs are added.

User Activity Panel

This panel shows all connected users and their data being synced. Forexample, the panel

identifies the user and the speed of their connection. Read and write activity is displayed

together with a continuously updating graph with a 60 second activity history.

Data Rate Graphs

The data rate graphs display the read and write data rate over a 6second period.

Orangeinformation represents data being written and blue represents data being read.

16HDMI Monitor Output

Hardware Panel

This panel displays the cell size for each sector on the storage map.

USB drives plugged into Blackmagic Cloud Pod will also appear here. The power supply

indicators display the status for AV and DC power inputs.

The Internet icon confirms your cloud store is connected to the Internet so syncs can

beperformed.

Error Messages

This section shows the different error messages that may appear in the hardware panel and

what they represent.

Sync Errors

No Internet Check that your Internet is connected.

You have been logged out of

your online folder

This may appear when your online folder has been connected for

a long period of time and has automatically disconnected. All you

need to do is log back into your online account using the cloud

sync settings in the Blackmagic Cloud Store Setup utility.

Cannot connect to online server This can appear if there is a problem with your Internet connection.

Check that your Internet is connected and your network settings

are correct.

Invalid online login information This may happen if your credentials have been changed for your

online account. To solve this error, simply log back into your

account using the Blackmagic Cloud Store Setup utility.

Disk is full Your cloud store’s internal storage is full and you will need to

delete files to make room.

Storage is full Your online account has run out of space and you will need

todelete some files to make space to enable syncs.

Cannot find online sync folder This can happen when the sync folder has been deleted or

renamed.

Set to read only Your cloud store has been set to read only mode. Disable read

only mode using the setup utility.

Disk Errors

Disk Error

Unable to connect to drive in USB-C DISK 1

The USB disk plugged into port 1 is not formatted using exFAT

or HFS formats. You can format the disk using a Mac or Windows

computer. Refer to the ‘formatting USB drives’ section.

No Local Drive Attached

Connect drive via USB-C

This will appear if there is no USB drive plugged into

BlackmagicCloud Pod.

17HDMI Monitor Output

Disk Failure

Replace disk 1

Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini has 4 internal disks in a RAID

formatand in the rare event a disk fails, an error message will

report the disk number. The example shows that disk 1 has failed

and needs to be replaced.

Disk Requires Format

Format disk via Cloud Store Setup

After replacing a disk in Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini you will

beprompted to format the disk using the Blackmagic Cloud

StoreSetuputility.

Disk Failure

Replace disk B5

In Blackmagic Cloud Store, the internal storage disks are

arrangedin banks. In the rare event a disk fails, this error will

identify the bank and slot number.

Disk Requires Rebuild

Rebuild disk via Cloud Store Setup

After replacing a disk in Blackmagic Cloud Store, rebuild the disk

array using the Blackmagic Cloud Store Setup settings. This will

recover the RAID so you can continue working without losing data.

Disk Error

Unable to connect to drive in USB-C BACKUP

This will appear if the USB drive plugged into the backup

connector has not been formatted using exFAT or HFS formats.

Refer to the ‘formatting USB drives’ section for more information.

Ejecting your Cloud Store

You can eject the Blackmagic Cloud Store the same way you would eject a USB drive on your

computer’s operating system. For example, once you have started writing and reading files

on aMac, an ‘eject’ icon will appear next to the Blackmagic Cloud Store’s name in the Finder

sidebar. Simply click on the eject icon and your cloud store will be ejected. This makes sure no

new files are written and you can safely remove the drive.

If there are multiple users accessing the drive on your network and you need to power the

unit down, or disconnect from the network, it’s important that each user ejects the Blackmagic

Cloud Store from their computer.

18Ejecting your Cloud Store

Blackmagic Cloud Store Setup

The Blackmagic Cloud Store Setup utility contains all the settings for your Blackmagic Cloud

Store including naming the unit and updating the internal software.

Download the latest Blackmagic Cloud Store software from the Blackmagic Design Support

Centre at: www.blackmagicdesign.com/support

Home Screen

The home screen is the primary page you will see when you launch the software. All connected

Blackmagic Cloud Store units on your network are accessible and if you have more than one

unit connected, you can select the desired unit by clicking on the left or right arrows.

The indicators at the bottom of the home screen display the total storage capacity, amount of

space used, the network connection status, plus the current maximum data rate. If the number

representing space used is purple you can read and write to the storage. If the number is blue

then storage access is set to ‘read only’.

The icons near the unit’s name indicate when the unit is connected to your computer via

Ethernet or USB. Click on the settings icon to open the settings for your cloud store.

19Blackmagic Cloud Store Setup

Settings

The settings in Blackmagic Cloud Store Setup are arranged in three tabs. These include ‘setup’,

‘cloudsync’ and ‘storage’.

Setup

Setup settings let you change the name of your cloud store, set the date and time, change

network settings and displays the current version of your cloud store’s internal software.

Name

Naming your Blackmagic Cloud Store is helpful if you have more than one unit connected

toyour network and you need to identify them individually.

Language

Use the language setting to change the language used on the HDMI monitor output.

Software

Displays the current version of your cloud store’s internal software.

Date and Time

You can set your Blackmagic Cloud Store’s date and time automatically using network time protocol.

20Settings

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