# Mimiq

Mimiq enables Bin Locking for non-Avid storage. It's a standalone app for teams working with Avid Media Composer, enabling collaborative workflows on:

* SMB, NFS, and AFP shares on your NAS
* Cloud volumes, such as a LucidLink Filespaces and Suite Studios (Available in [Mimiq Pro](#mimiq-pro))
* [Workspaces created from any type of storage](https://docs.hedge.video/mimiq/workspaces) (Available in [Mimiq Pro](#mimiq-pro))

With Mimiq, Media Composer recognizes these volumes as *third-party shared storage* so teams of Avid editors can work together using the same projects, bins and media.

## Mimiq Pro

Mimiq Pro enables remote and hybrid collaborative workflows by letting you use non-network volumes alongside SMB, NFS, and AFP shares.

Mimiq Pro allows you to create [Workspaces](https://docs.hedge.video/mimiq/workspaces) from any type of storage – such as a RAID, SAN (e.g. Quantum StorNext), LucidLink Filespaces, Suite Studios and even local folders – which Media Composer treats as independent NEXIS volumes.

Mimiq Pro also provides NEXIS Coexistence, allowing one to utilize any type of storage for Bin Locking simultaneously with a NEXIS.

## Avid Requirements

Independent of Mimiq (Mimiq doesn't have many requirements aside from fast storage), Avid has very specific requirements for Media Composer to be used successfully. If you haven't done so already, be sure to implement these Requirements for Media Composer on each computer, whether you use Mimiq or not:

{% content-ref url="mimiq/requirements/avids-requirements" %}
[avids-requirements](https://docs.hedge.video/mimiq/requirements/avids-requirements)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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