LTFS and LTO Tape - Media and Entertainment Industry Blockbusters

Content is king and is where the value is derived in the media and entertainment industry.  Today most content is produced and distributed in digital form.  Digital formats such as HD, 3D and even 4K are proliferating and creating great demands for large storage preservation.  Digital effects are core to just about every production adding to the big data storage challenge.  Protecting content is the lifeblood of the industry and more important than ever.  Storage options need to be easy-to-use, reliable and fast.  That's where LTO tape and the Liner Tape File System (LTFS) technology hit the mark.

LTO-5 Tape Media        LTO-5 Tape Drives         LTO-5 Tape Loaders and Libraries

Tape has become more broadly used in the entertainment industry, with the introduction of LTFS - The open source file system that was made available when LTO-5 products were introduced.  LTFS fits well into various media and entertainment workflows, from production and post-production to distribution and archiving. 

What can LTFS do for you?

- Can enable capabilities that can manage files directly on tape and can allow for easy sharing of the tape cartridge with others

- Can provide file system access at the operating system level making tape easy to use in a manner like using disk or a "giant" memory stick

- Can allow viewing access of tape with the operating system browser in the directory tree structure and can be used with simple drag and drop operations

- Can help address growing needs in industries where large sets of data - or "big data" - can be an organization's most valuabe asset: media and Enterainment, analytics, biomedicine, federal and more!