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LTO-6 Technology with LTFS in
the Media Industry
In Media and Entertainment (M&E), content is king, it is the
product, the inventory and the assets. the vast majority of content
creation is now digital. Increasing amounts of reliable, non-proprietary,
and economic storage are required. LTO economies were compelling but
historically proprietary close systems limited adoption. LTFS is here at
the right time for LTO and the media industry. LTFS opens the door to
greater exploitation of LTO Tape.
LTO Advantages:
| Cost |
$0.038/GB uncompressed
($0.015/GB compressed. LTO-6 tape as of 4/2/13) |
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| Reliability |
100 X more reliable than Tier 2 disk |
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| Data Protection |
Encryption & WORM options |
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| Shelf Life |
30 Years |
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| Scalability |
Just add more tape cartridges |
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| Green |
Zero power consumption on the shelf |
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| Transportability |
50TB from LA->NYC in 17 hrs (6.5Gb/s) |
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| Performance |
160MB/s uncompressed
(up to 400 MB/s compressed) |
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Benefits of LTFS for M&E
- Open Specification
- Portable
- Easy to Use (Drag n Drop)
- Multi-Platform & Multi-Vendor support (Windows, Mac &
Linux platform support, HP, IBM and Quantum)
- Reliable and Robust
- Economical
LTFS in the Media Workflow
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LTFS in Production:
- Camera media reuse
- Backup
- Transport
- Economic direct access to data
- Archive - Saving digital original camera
'negatives' (OCNs), raw digital capture files
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LTFS in
Post-Production:
- Very large files & large collections of files
- Significant interchange requirements between
functions, facilities & vendors
- Constantly shifting project priorities
- Ongoing need for reliable lower-cost storage,
portability and interchange |
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LTFS in
Distribution:
- Common dependable exchange medium
- Open specification, interchangeability
- Network vs tape solution
- Hard to beat 'FedEx' for multi-TB transfers
- Encryption options |
LTFS in
Archiving:
- LTO tape is the technology of choice
- LTFS improves the choice with: Ease of use, Ease
of file location, Ease of file recall, fully self-describing stand alone
tape volumes
- LTFS
improves the economic value of archives: There is no value having
archived content if it's easy to find and access
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Is LTFS the Answer?
Small and straightforward uses?
YES!
- OS level support with Windows Explorer, Mac Finder and
Linux Nautilus et al. (free driver downloads)
- Drag n' Drop support
- Many users only need simple reliable archiving
- Retrieval reliability more important than performance
Large and Complex environments?
YES!
- LTFS-enabled applications or middleware typically needed
for full potential benefits - track many (millions of) files, Extended
metadata
- LTFS automation implementations are now available from
several LTO Library vendors!
- LTFS tape format is unchanged and is identical to and
interchangeable with single drive LTFS implementations
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