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The role of data tape in a digital video workflow from ieei.tv

IEEI TV has been working with television stations and video production companies world-wide to automate their file based workflow systems. It is clear that everyone wants all media on line all the time. As RAID gets less expensive a growing percentage of media is moving on line. However, eventually the rising demands of HD and now 3D is rapidly filling even the largest RAID servers. It is becoming prohibitively expensive to keep all media on spinning disk, thus the need for data tape. The following are examples how a television station or post production company, using the products from IEEI TV handles the growing need to manage the growth of media.

Case 1 vStor shared central storage with Xendata data tape for archive
                        (End-to-end online to offline media management solution)

All workstation editors Mac or PC (Any NLE, AVID, FCP, Edius, etc) are connected via a single GigE cat6 (50MB/s) or 10GigE (110MB/s throughput) cables to an ethernet switch and then to the Apace vStor NAS with Apace PostMAM asset management software. Editors can do real time editing and project level sharing directly off the vStor. Edited projects / sequences ready for air are then dropped into a “ready to air” folder and pushed via FTP or played directly from the vStor by the on air server for playout. One ingest option is to connect XDCAM or P2 cameras to a workstation where the Apace software tools capture the metadata and the media files and store them on the vStor which has 8TB up to 48TB of Raid 5 storage and the PostMAM software. Helpful tools for ingest are Apace Capture software or Apace P2 and XDCAM ingesters.  Once media is on vStor, there are a number of ways to continue to add metadata and mark or tag, at TC Time Code, Sequence or even Frame level.  Video / media on vStor under the control of postMAM and with Apace ViEW, allows for Global Access via the WEB for remote cut.  Remote users can pull the smaller cuts from the vStor from anywhere in the world.  Another option is video tape ingest via Telestream Pipeline from ieei into vStor and PostMAM. Metadata from any ingested media can reside in PostMAM. Editors can instantly search Terabytes of media in Seconds with the click of a mouse. They can retrieve any media that resides on the vStor or had been previously pushed to the Xendata data tape path. Even If the raw media is on an off line data tape, the ID of the tape is provided so the tape can be loaded.

Case 2: vStor plus eStor Archive storage with Xendata Data Tape library
                        (Disk to disk to tape workflow)

            As the level of media on the vStor grows there comes a time to add either more vStor (need more video streams) or move older files / media to less expensive     eStor.  Most eStor storage servers are configured for Raid 6, which gives even more protection. (Recovery is possible when two drives fail). Editors can move files no longer active on vStor to eStor, with the click of a mouse.  Apace Octopa software provides the administrator the ability to move entire workspaces, down to the file level. Octopa moves Terabytes of data with the click of a mouse. It has backup copy and incremental mirror features to automate these processes.  Another consideration is to add a Xendata data tape archive (80TB and 170TB in a 10U chassis) to move older files from any spinning disk environment vStor or eStor to Xendata data tape. Xendata has a metadata file system that communicates with the Apace PostMAM and permits all editors to quickly locate and retrieve any media that is on the Xendata tape library or even any media Xendata has off line and on a shelf  in another location DR – Disaster Recovery

Case 3:  vStor plus eStor and Xendata tape library
                        (Facility wide consolidation and archive workflow)

            Large television stations with huge amounts of media want the ability to move media quickly between the vStor, eStor, and Xendata data tape libraries.  Media are assets that no longer can be deleted as they continue to have value long after their initial use. Editors must be able to see all files (when authorized) that could be on any vStor / eStor or Xendata data tape library. To tell the best story possible, editors need instant access to critical media located within hundreds of Terabytes.  Editors, using postMAM can search all media storage pools in seconds with the click of a mouse.  Each department (news, promos, sports, etc.) has dedicated and shared space on vStor, eStor and Xendata. Apace software tools are the glue that enables this. The Apace vStor and eStor storage servers NAS can be interconnected via a 10GigE backbone and Clustered so the systems administrator can manage all the storage using Apace tools like CFM – Cluster File Manager and Octopa  This topography allows high speed movement of Terabytes of media files.   PostMAM also permits the administrator to move media from the Apace vStor and eStor to the Xendata data tape library. The Xendata tape library subsystem has an integrated Xendata SX Archive HP DL DL 380 G7 server which has high speed CPU’s, memory and internal 2TB RAID for disk caching. This server is integrated with a Qualstar 10U (80TB, 54 Slots, or 170TB, 154 Slot) data tape library. An editor can send or retrieve a file from the Xendata tape library with a mouse click while editing. Files most likely to be requested from the Xendata tape library are kept in the SX Archive RAID/Cache for instant access. An editor searching for media based on metadata in PostMAM will view proxy images that he can scroll. The proxy images have a small single tape icon if the media is both on RAID and tape, or two tape icons if the media is only on the Xendata tape library. He can select the media and it will be retrieved

Case 4: Complete backup of all media, quick recovery from failure
                        (Disaster recovery and backup with data resiliency)

            Media is your business and your media is the most valuable asset. It must be protected from any disaster. It must be quickly retrieved and restored when equipment or facilities fail.  vStor is Raid 5, eStor   is Raid 6. This permits recovery from a failure of one or more disks. Apace Octopa software enables a system administrator to view any Mac or PC in the enterprise, station wide (Promos, Editorial, News, etc.) Octopa allows the systems administrator to view everything on the networks. He can create backup / copy or mirror or incremental backups of any media from its current location to any Apace storage server(s) or Xendata tape library. For example, incremental backups can be scheduled every night of News departments’ workspaces with the click of a mouse. This backup feature is available for media on all computer internal storage devices, shared storage and any unprotected USB or Firewire drives on any workstation. Apace Octopa server software permits backup and consolidation for all SAN, NAS, DAS (direct and attached internal and external storage), including Unity/ISIS and XSAN. Any backup sets can be copied to the Xendata data tape library and copies of LTO5 can be made for DR – Disaster Recovery and moved off premises for safety.   Important… Quick restore is critical in a time sensitive enterprise like television. Octopa makes that easy with the click of a mouse. Systems admin can see any of the backup sets, down to a single file and drag and drop that file to be restored anywhere in the enterprise. In the case of a facility disaster, LTO-5 DR tapes can be loaded and the media with all metadata files ingested into new equipment. The goal is to eliminate any delays in programming and to never lose any media.

We call this Data Resiliency from ieei.tv

Read this article from Broadcast News for more information on video archive to tape:

IEEI TV continues to work with the leading suppliers of video management products to provide you with the most cost effective solution to your video management problems. Ask for a webinar to discuss your problems. You can benefit from our experience in over 300 installations worldwide.

You can rely on IEEI TV!

Dennis Bress Sr.
Phone: 949-723-0644
skype ID: ozglobal
email: dlb@ieei.com
www.ieei.tv

 

Join IEEI TV at the Apace Systems booth at 2011 NAB Show - in the exhibit area of the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV USA from April 9-14, 2011. Booth SL8523  http://www.apacesystems.com

 

See Apace Systems vStor working with   on Air Server at the XV-Tech Both No. C12329  http://www.xv-tech.com/ 

 

 

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