VT Media Archive Library
 VT Media Archive Library Product Info | Case Study - KATV (Little Rock, AR)
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Video Technics’ Media Archive Library integrates
seamlessly with NewsFlow™ and the complete line of Apella™
Media Servers to provide the highest quality of asset
management control with security options and
nearline/offline archiving solutions.
Archiving to Fit Your Needs
Apella Media
Servers offer asset protection with user profiles, user
group settings, and storage quotas which set recording
parameters and manage disk space. Apella Media Servers come
standard with an Export to Folder function and seamless
support for the Atempo®
Time Navigator™ middleware product
for small or large nearline and archive solutions utilizing LTO technology.
End-to-End Solution
The VT Media
Archive Library (VT-MAL) features Qualstar’s BQ20/44, which
combines a high performance server with proven RLS-Series
robotic tape libraries. The VT-MAL archives 3,283 hours of 25 Mb/sec MPEG-2 content for
automated retrieval in just 7U of rack space in your control
room.
Hardware Overview
Content is
stored on a combination of hard disk and digital data tapes,
and shelved tapes can still be managed through the VT Media
Archive Library. All tapes are controlled by barcode, making
retrieval from the shelf fast and easy.
The VT-MAL
is fully engineered for continuous operation, incorporating
3TB of raw hard disk with RAID (0,1,5) configurations and
the latest dual-core CPU technology running Windows 2008
Server Edition.
This highly
scalable archive solution starts out with 20 cartridge slots
and id upgradable to 44 slots, storing 1,440 hours of DV25
near-line in addition to 210 hours on hard disk.
All tapes
are stored in removable magazines. Each magazine holds four
LTO-4 tape cartridges storing 288 hours of video at
25Mb/sec. The barcodes for each tape can be viewed through a
clear plastic cover to enable rapid selection of a video
clip that is to be restored from the shelf.
Start out
with a single high performance
IBM LTO tape drive and add a second as throughput demands increase. A second
LTO drive allows simultaneous reads and writes which greatly
improves performance. This system is so simple to install
and operate that you can expand it yourself as your needs
grow, lessening your initial outlay and reducing operating
costs.
The VT Media
Archive Library tracks nearline and offline media for your
growing archive. In fact, you have unlimited capacity since
tapes are bar coded and easily removed for external
storage.
System Benefits
·
Low initial
entry cost
·
Flexible
storage designed to adapt to your workflow
·
Readily
expands in the field as your archive needs grow
·
Fully
integrated system with on-site service and support from a
single vendor
·
Compact,
easily managed unlimited offline archive capacity
VT Media Archive Library Product Info |
