In Broadcast - June 2021 - 59

www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 11 - Issue 6 | June 2021
59
InFile
Managing migration cont'd...
into a more energy-efficient and costeffective
resting place. However, since
it may be required again, the time
it takes to get the asset back and the
provision of a suitable storage for
working with that asset again (archive
storage is not suitable for editing in
place) must be considered. "
Tedial's Content Management solution aSTORM provides a media abstraction layer
where all content is defined by a unique ID that's archived in a storage group
required to describe the technical
metadata of the content at the
component level and the information
of each track (language, video/
audio class, etc.), " offering a unified
management of all these elements. "
Of course, media files vary greatly in
size and complexity, in line with better
quality and resolution. GB Labs points
to an often-ignored issue which is
that each frame in an image sequence
movie is seen as an individual file and
therefore requires an archive file to
be created for every frame (up to 30
frames per second).
" This has the potential for millions
of archive container files to be created
and can turn a theoretical 6-hour
complete tape write to 30 hours or
more, " asserts Chief Business Officer
(Asia) and CoFounder
Ben Pearce.
" While backup is two
or more copies of
your data, archive
is a single asset
moved from online
or nearline storage
In terms of cloud storage, the cost
of egressing files back onto suitable
storage must also be considered. GB
Labs has an LTO archiving platform
ideal for archiving large amounts of
data that uses the GB Labs technology
'Hyperwrite' to efficiently archive a full
tape's capacity of millions of files close
to the native speed of the tape. Its new
'Unify Hub' solution links Cloud storage
and on-premise storage and utilizes
intelligent caching to massively reduce
repeat file egress charges.
Facilities
using
LTO tape to store
project files run into
several challenges
" which often
result in workflow
compromises, "
argues Tim Klein,
President & CEO, ATTO Technology.
" Aside from running daily backups of
project files and assets, many studios
transfer files and assets from outside
the studio via LTO tape. It's not
uncommon for the files and assets for
a single project to span multiple tapes
and that number increases as the
project develops. "
Tape
drives
housed
in server
rooms create challenges where post
production artists need to make
frequent trips into server rooms,
interrupting their creative process.
Constantly invading the server room
also raises security concerns as
well as disrupts the regulated room
environment.
Klein explains that as simple
redesign of the storage infrastructure
using an ATTO XstreamCORE intelligent
Bridge eliminates these workflow and
security problems while retaining
network
availability.
XstreamCORE,
GB Labs' Unify Hub solution links Cloud storage and on-premise storage
he says, enables LTO tape drives to be
relocated outside the server room and
into the studios near the workstations
using the existing Ethernet network
while the drives remain available to
the rest of the facility.
XenData is mining a similar theme.
The pandemic has of course put even
greater emphasis on supporting
http://www.inbroadcast.com https://www.tedial.com/blog/news/tedial-expands-evolution-astorms-supported-systems-portfolio/ https://www.gblabs.com/ https://www.gblabs.com/ https://www.gblabs.com/ http://www.ntp.dk
In Broadcast - June 2021

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of In Broadcast - June 2021
