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LTFS Customer Success Stories (Media and Entertainment Industry)
See how LTO technology users in the companies below use LTFS in the media
and entertainment industry. Learn how the new LTO-6 innovative tape
storage technology with the new Linear Tape File System (LTFS) can save
costs and make tape usable in a fashion like disk or other removable media. With LTFS you can view tape video content with directory tree
structures and have the ease of drag and drop capability, making LTO
technology a breeze to navigate. Because LTO technology is an open
standard, you can easily share tape video content across platforms.
COMPANY PROFILE
• San
Francisco based
• Produces and distributes video for independent musicians
• 12 video/audio editors
• In house production and post-production |
COMPANY PROFILE
• A
leading
Japan
TV
broadcaster
• Based
in
Tokyo,
and
operates
through
28
regional
affiliates |
COMPANY PROFILE
• Based
in
Hollywood,
CA
• Clients
include
television,
motion
picture
studios
and
independent
film
makers
• Shows
worked
on
include
NCIS:
LA,
Scrubs |
COMPANY PROFILE
• Based
in
Burbank,
CA
with
over
700+
employees
• Film
lab
&
post
production
facility |
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BUSINESS NEED
• Large
storage
need
• SAN
storage
is
expensive
• Removable
HDs
are
fragile
(
~
8%
failure
rate),
expensive,
have
limited
shelf
life
and
take
up
excessive
space
• On
site
and
off-site
copies |
BUSINESS NEED
• Improve
efficiency
of
video
content
archiving
• Ease
of
use
and
reliability |
BUSINESS NEED
• Improve
film
based
production,
distribution
and
digital
media
archiving
workflows |
BUSINESS NEED
• Must
have
reliable
long-term
archive
from
XDCam
disks
• TAR
tapes
not
self-describing
• Ease
of
use,
reliable,
low
cost
technology |
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SOLUTION RESULTS
• With
LTO-6
and
LTFS
effectively
backed
up
80TB
of
uncompressed
video
resulting
in
finished
projects
• Slashed
storage
costs
from
-
$0.20/GB
to
~$0.05/GB
• Built
an
archive
and
restore
workflow
with
fast
recovery
• Scalable
archive
solution
with
a
30-50
year
shelf
life
• LTFS
standard
format
for
easy
sharing
• Assured
data
is
protected
with
reliable
off-line
and
off-site
protection |
SOLUTION RESULTS
• Computer
graphic
designers
can
archive
files
directly
to
tape
through
drag
and
drop
functionality
with
LTFS
- More
efficient
work
flow
• Tape
appears
as
a
disk
directory
providing
faster
access
to
data
- Significantly
reduced
time
taken
to
archive
• Designers
can
also
directly
access
archived
work
- Improvements
on
business
productivity |
SOLUTION RESULTS
• Reliable,
easy
to
use
LTO-6
tape
and
LTFS
backup
and
archive
solution
- Lowers
tape
costs
by
$120,000
per
season
- Cuts
HW
costs
from
$100,000
to
$4,000
• High
capacity
and
fast
transfer
rates
accelerating
digital
workflows
and
enhancing
productivity
• Supports
immediate
on-set
and
near-set
processing
• Universal
format
for
media
interchange
and
long-term
archiving |
SOLUTION RESULTS
• LTO
open
standard
with
LTFS
provides
cross
O/S
platform
compatibility
• Self
describing
tapes
can
easily
determine
tape
contents
with
browser
• Offers
long-term
reliable
archive
with
ease
of
use
while
being
cost-effective
• Can
store
100
XDCAM
disks
on
1
LTO-6
tape
- Saves
considerable
space
- Allows
reuse
of
XDCAM
disks
- Can
make
2
LTO
tape
copies
inexpensively
so
one
can
be
kept
offsite |
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