Proactive SMART drive telemetry, standby-safe spindown preservation, and zero-firewall container recovery built specifically for boutique video post-production storage.
Hardware paired and telemetry verified first. Payment collected only after value is proven.
Native Support for Creative NAS Hardware & Appliances
Standard NAS alerts fire when a drive is already dead. In commercial post-production, silent degradation during active projects destroys client deadlines.
Enterprise drives rarely drop dead cleanly. They accumulate silent uncorrectable read errors (UREs) and reallocated sectors over weeks. The first time your RAID controller flags them is during a grueling weekend rebuild—when a secondary drive drops offline and corrupts the entire pool.
Machine room ambient temperatures surge when multiple finishing suites kick off overnight conform and render queues. Generic APM daemons wake sleeping platters 50+ times a day or miss nocturnal 50°C+ thermal ceilings completely, accelerating spindle bearing wear and cooking nearline platters.
There is zero tolerance for I/O timeouts 4 hours before master export delivery. When an HBA link drifts or a DaVinci Resolve proxy ingestion container locks up at 2 AM, stock NAS interfaces leave you with no early warning, no telemetry history, and sluggish, fragile VPN terminals.
Why off-the-shelf cloud APM or stock consumer NAS interfaces leave boutique post-production facilities vulnerable.
| Capability Vector | Stock TrueNAS / Synology | Datadog / Generic APM | Pillar Fleet Control |
|---|---|---|---|
Pre-Failure SMART Prediction Detects bad sector drift before RAID degradation | ⚠️Reactive only | ❌No drive microcode | ✅Proactive curves |
Drive Standby & Spindown Safety Preserves sleeping nearline arrays without polling wakeups | ⚠️Crons wake platters | ❌50+ spin-ups/day | ✅-n standby safe |
Network & Firewall Footprint Zero router port forwarding or VPN requirements | ❌Requires open ports/VPN | ⚠️Heavy agent (~250MB) | ✅0 Inbound (TLS 1.3) |
Pricing & Terabyte Scalability Predictable cost as 6K/8K RAW capacity grows | ⚠️Free, but siloed | ❌Expensive host pricing | ✅Flat $199/mo (Unlimited TB) |
Client Footage & Data Privacy Physical isolation from customer media bins and assets | ⚠️Full root access | ⚠️Generic OS access | 🔒Zero Media Access |
Proactive SMART curves, automated parity rebuild risk modeling, and instant remote container recovery without touching client media.
Western Digital Ultrastar 14TB
14TB RAID-Z2 Stress Estimator
davinci-proxy-generator
| Storage Subsystem | Monitored Diagnostic Vector | Telemetry Status |
|---|---|---|
| Physical SAS/SATA (Spindles) | Raw SMART 0x05, 0xC5, 0xBB, CRC rates & diurnal heat curves | POLLING (30s) |
| NVMe Scratch Pools | Percentage Used (wear endurance), spare blocks, composite temp | HEALTHY (100%) |
| Platter Spindown Guard | Low-power sleep state detection (-n standby) | 💤STANDBY SAFE |
| Client Media & Project Files | Explicit Non-Access: Zero filesystem drivers or media mounts | ZERO-ACCESS |
Hesitant to run background daemons on production video arrays? Test your NAS in 5 seconds with our read-only pre-flight validator before ever creating an account.
=== Pillar Fleet Control :: Pre-Flight Readiness Audit ===
Running non-destructive inspection of local storage bus and runtime...
[•] Host Platform: Linux (x86_64)
[✓] Root Access: Verified (Required for SMART bus pass-through)
[•] Workload Engine: Active (/var/run/docker.sock accessible)
Storage Bus Topology:
[✓] Topology Symlinks: Found (/dev/disk/by-path)
• /dev/sdb -> Samsung SSD 870 (~465 GB)
• /dev/sdc -> Samsung SSD 870 (~465 GB)
• /dev/sdd -> WDC WD60EFAX-68J (~5589 GB)
• /dev/sde -> ST8000VN004-3CP1 (IronWolf) (~7452 GB)
• /dev/sdf -> ST8000VN004-3CP1 (IronWolf) (~7452 GB)
• /dev/nvme0n1 -> Patriot M.2 P310 NVMe (~447 GB)
Outbound Network Connectivity:
[✓] Outbound Fleet API: Connected (HTTPS :443 Handshake verified)
[✓] Firewall Policy: Zero inbound ports or port forwarding required
Audit Complete: 6 media drives detected. System is READY to run Pillar Agent.
<0.5% CPU
Single-Core Cap
POSIX non-blocking
<30MB RAM
Zero-Footprint
No JVM or heavy daemons
Port 443
Outbound Only
TLS 1.3 telemetry
0 Inbound
No Open Ports
No VPN or NAT changes
Up and Running in Under 60 Seconds
No git repositories to clone. No Go toolchains to compile. Just a turnkey, automated pairing handshake.
Sign in with Google Workspace or work email via Clerk. Name your studio facility (e.g. “Cutters Chicago”). Your 30-day complimentary trial provisions automatically.
Copy your active pairing command and paste it into Unraid or Linux terminal. Docker automatically pulls the lightweight multi-arch image (~20MB) from GitHub Registry.
The agent registers its cryptographic key and your dashboard immediately flips to show live drive thermals, reallocated sector counts, and Docker containers in real time.
In post-production, swapping 12TB drives for 22TB drives happens because 6K/8K RAW demands it—not because your team grew. We charge by connected appliances and operational capabilities, never punishing you for storage growth.
For boutique commercial post houses
Standard rate: $349/mo after pilot spots fill.
No credit card required to pair hardware.
For growing multi-suite facilities
Billed monthly or annually.
Evaluate live telemetry on up to 4 nodes.
For multi-site commercial production studios
Custom annual agreements & SLAs.
Custom billing, PO invoicing, and security review.
Video production data grows violently. A 4-week commercial shoot can generate 40TB of 6K/8K camera originals. Charging by terabytes penalizes you for doing your job and creates surprise software upgrades when you swap in larger drives. We price by connected appliances and operational features—your terabytes are always unlimited.
Never. Our collector invokes smartctl with the --nocheck=standby flag. If a drive plater is in low-power sleep mode, the agent skips intrusive polling, records it as standby, and leaves the platters at rest.
No. The agent operates strictly via outbound HTTPS TLS connections over standard port 443 to our control plane. Zero inbound ports are opened on your router. Remote container restart commands are delivered through our secure outbound reverse channel.
You sign up, pair your server, and verify your drive grid in real time without entering a credit card upfront. Once you experience the peace of mind of live disk telemetry, you can lock in your Founding Partner subscription ($199/mo) via Stripe Hosted Checkout. Background disk monitoring and failure alerts are never abruptly killed.
Join the founding cohort of boutique video post-production studios. Pair your server in 60 seconds with zero credit card required.