28 TVBEurope Forum Archiving & Storage
workflows. Quantum StorNext seamlessly and automatically migrates digital content from primary storage to nearline storage, then to active archive/deep archive for long term preservation. Février: Sure there are,
provided you have enough money to afford all three. Online is usually smaller and so you can afford more expansive but powerful technologies. With nearline and offline you lose bandwidth, but the cost per GB decreases. Hoggarth: The software to
Quantum: Archive systems are becoming a regular feature at most broadcasting centres
IT consolidation at large broadcasters and media companies. I do not see any serious broadcaster using Amazon, Microsoft or other public cloud offerings to hold their archive.
Nick Pearce, Object Matrix
the major decision making for implementing storage solutions in the broadcast business. I do believe that it will have an impact over the coming years by providing another tier of storage for broadcast and media organisations, especially those that have multiple geographically dispersed operation centres, Walsh: I feel I need to ask
what you mean by the cloud. A cloud can be a store in the next room as much as it can be something miles away. DR archiving systems have always embraced a ‘cloud’ philosophy — take what I own and store it somewhere distant. Weigner: In some peoples’ mind it has, but in reality not yet. Thanks to the NSA a lot of thunder here has also been lost, especially for American vendors. But the private cloud still makes sense and will drive
Are there benefits from operating three types of storage — online, nearline and offline?
Dymond: The benefits of separating storage types are that the specific demands of each can ensure that the final cost benefits are optimised based upon the performance and scaling requirements. The realtime nature of channel playout, when compared to occasional usage of tape-based archives, does not coexist in a single economical storage media. Therefore online, near line and offline will exist for a while yet. Fanichet: In the light of
ever-growing content and the fact that organisations tend to retain all assets created for future repurposing, there are definitely benefits to put in place a solution that offers storage tiering capabilities throughout the different steps of the digital
manage storage tiers has become much more affordable and a multi-tiered solution is certainly the most cost effective way to manage the burgeoning volumes of storage that media companies need to retain. Pearce: Yes. One size does not fit all. Many vendors and organisations have tried and failed to reach the nirvana that is one storage platform serving
end, offline storage assures that content is being preserved, though no one is accessing it in an active way. Taylor: With the rise in the
volume of media content and the need to create more packages for more delivery channels there are increasing benefits from operating three layers of storage. It’s all about maximising the use of relevant technology for individual business use cases. For example, an editor creating an HD package for a digital service will require high speed, low latency storage for in-place editing, but having all the organisation’s content on this storage would be far too expensive. So moving content that is not immediately required to nearline and offline storage makes it commercially viable. Walsh: Yes. There are economies of scale to be earned from examining the workflow and choosing the correct ‘place’ to hold material. Less expensive
“Offline is stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Why buy an archive/ MAM solution if you can’t afford to keep it online or nearline?”
Jan Weigner, Cinegy
every workflow. So long as the tiers of storage are fully integrated then get the best solution to serve the job in hand. Rehrer: Absolutely. For a large
archive, many companies end up with ‘horses for courses’, meaning that they identify separate cost and performance profiles for the three tiers of storage. On one end, online storage offers the highest cost per capacity and highest performance, and on the other
hardware can be used for deeper level storage with more costly, agile storage to give more immediate access to fast turnaround material. Weigner: No. Offline is stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Why buy an archive/MAM solution if you can’t afford to keep it online or nearline? You could have kept it on tape where it was in a shelf somewhere. But now it is on a LTO tape, on a
shelf...somewhere.
What is the next biggest innovation relating to archive and storage?
Fanichet: Technology is driving sophisticated data capture tools. In turn, this is increasing the appetite for high-quality, rich data sources. At the same time, increased computing capabilities and analysis techniques are driving additional value out of historical data. Together this means that organisations seeking to gain more value out of their data need to collect and store it for longer periods. Many traditional management solutions, including data protection and archive platforms, need to be revisited to ensure the increased accessibility and capacity demands grow. Some new technologies — including object and cloud storage — can provide scalable data management solutions exceeding the limits of traditional storage, but bring new operational and functional constraints. Herzog: There are many
evolving technologies and innovations right now, but EditShare is particularly excited about the emergence of 40Gb Ethernet. As the first to show video editing over 10Gb Ethernet at NAB 2005, EditShare has been committed to this technology from the beginning. We’re now testing various 40Gb switch and
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Jeff Herzog, EditShare
Bernie Walsh, SGL
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