Intelligent Archiving for Media & Entertainment Quantum StorNext Data Management Software

Intelligent Archiving for Media & Entertainment

Quantum StorNext Data Management Software

Ingo Fuchs – Product Marketing Manager, Quantum

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Agenda

Evolution of the Digital Workflow

Content Protection and Recovery

Intelligent Archiving


The evolution of the digital workflow

SNEAKERNET SAN and NAS Beyond

Sneakernet• Files created at one desk

• Stored on a Firewire Drive (or similar)

• Carry or ship to next desk

• Nice and slow – plenty of time…



Storage Area Networks (SAN)Pros

• Content stored in a central repository• Faster data access• Easier to manage than DAS

Cons• Logically still silos of storage• Serial workflow (access/copy)• Increased risk of loss as everything

is in one place

SAN

LinuxWorkstation 1

WindowsWorkstation 1

LinuxWorkstation 2



Network Attached Storage (NAS)Pros

• Content stored in a central, shared repository

• Basic content sharing

Cons• Limited performance and scalability• Increased risk of loss as everything

is in one place

LinuxWorkstation 1

WindowsWorkstation 1

LinuxWorkstation 2

LAN



The next step – StorNext File System• True content sharing

• Real-time access to digital assets

• Scalable (GB/s throughput per node, PBs of capacity)

Workstations / ServersWorkstations

Gateway Farm

LAN SAN

High-Performance Disk

• Browse• Craft• Proxy Edit

• Ingest• Play-Out• Edit


HD and the “Data Tsunami”

Massive amounts of digital content from HD and 2k/4k workflows

New challenges • Protecting your content

• Retaining and retrieving long-term digital archives

• Managing increasing capacity demands with tight budgets

• Digitizing analog video archivescreates increasing amounts of data

• Storing multiple versions for re-purposing more efficiently

You ?

Professional Moving Image Content 2007: 700 PB 2012: 2.4 EB (Exabytes)

Source: Coughlin Associates, Archiving in the Entertainment and Professional Media Market, 2007

The “Data Tsunami”


Content Protection and Recovery

Some key questions:• How valuable is the stored content?• How painful would it be to re-create (e.g. re-ingest) content?• How to hit deadlines after loosing content?

Standard IT Backup/Recovery solutions• Widely used in standard IT environments• Essentially create copies again and again• All content remains on primary storage

Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) solutions• Widely used in data-intensive environments• Retains data on the most economic storage tier• Often includes data protection functionality• Allows to store “infinite” amounts of data• Also known as ILM, Digital Archive, etc. – we call it Intelligent Archiving


Intelligent ArchivingStorNext Storage Manager

Stores data at the most economical storage tier at a specific point in timeTypical Storage Tiers:• Large Capacity Disk

• High retrieval speed, good for all file sizes, high energy consumption

• De-Duplicated Storage• De-duplication algorithm determines efficiency, specifically for Rich Media

• Onsite and Offsite Data Tape• Long term content retention, off-site storage, retrieval speed good for large files

• NAS Appliances• Re-purposing, flexible

Large Capacity Disk De-Duplicated Storage Onsite and Offsite Tape NAS Appliances

Policy Manager


Total Cost of Storage for 100TB Primary Storage vs. Intelligent Archiving with StorNext Storage Manager

100TB Online 10TB Online100TB Archive (90% Offsite)


StorNext Architecture

SAN ClientsDistributed LAN Clients

Clustered Gateways

LANSAN

High-Performance Disk

Large Capacity Disk De-Duplicated Storage Onsite and Offsite Tape NAS Appliances

iMoverPolicy Manager

• Browse• Craft• Proxy Edit

• Ingest• Play-Out• Edit


Customer Example: Retirement Living TV

Retirement Living is a cable company targeting the 55+ demographic. Its mission is to inform, involve, and inspire seniors to lead full, healthy and active lives.

• They’ve produced over 400 hours of original programming which translates into over 3000 hours of finished content (approx $32 million in assets)

• They currently reach 20 million homes nationwide and are actively pursuing deals with all major satellite and cable distributors

Challenge: • Needed file-based workflow to create, quickly edit, and prepare original content for

playout to air.

Solution: • StorNext File System for 10 edit rooms, 2 graphic suites and multiple ingest points to

access content simultaneously• StorNext Storage Manager for data protection and multi-tier archiving to disk, tape,

and vault

Result: • Time to air is faster • Content is protected and archived cost-effectively for re-use• 9:1 cost savings over traditional video tape


StorNext – the choice for Digital Archive

Single Namespace, transparent data access• Ability to access all content regardless of where it’s stored

• Include all primary and secondary storage systems, disk and tape

Support all platforms and applications• Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac

Flexible, scalable access to content• Support both SAN and LAN access

• Reliable and scalable LAN access needs to be reliable and scalable

Data Protection built-in• Ability to create data protection copies of content

Low IT overhead, Lights-out operations• Automatic, transparent, dynamic data movement (store and retrieve)

• Ability to expand or migrate to new storage infrastructure while running

Lower TCO / Total Cost of Storage


Summary

StorNext File System• Fast, real-time access to digital

content• Supports SD and HD assets• Platform independent• Content sharing across SAN and

LAN

Result: Faster time to market

StorNext Storage Manager• Transparently manages digital

content• Automatically protects digital

assets• Cost-effective long-term storage

Result: Store more content for less

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