This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: what are yall using to archive

Friday, January 18, 2013

[Avid-L2] Re: what are yall using to archive

And there's these guys who I think are less expensive than Cache:

<http://www.1beyond.com/products/tapearchiving.asp?search=tapearchiving>>

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Spraker" wrote:
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> Mike -
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> If you are looking for something more stable than hard drives, many folks on
> the list are using LTO. Check out http://www.cache-a.com/. They have
> several tiers of products that can be used in a stand-alone configuration or
> with an asset management solution like CatDV. They have just announced
> support for LTO6 which has a capacity of 2.5TB and a shelf life of 30 years.
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> Hit me offline if you want some more info.
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> Dave Spraker
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> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> mike cardeiro
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 7:20 AM
> To: avid l 2
> Subject: [Avid-L2] what are yall using to archive
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> Hi
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> Over the past few years we have changed from mostly tape to mostly digital
> shooting. As a consequence the way we used to archive old projects doesn't
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> Sometimes I will end up with 1 or 2 usb drives with all the footage from a
> shoot...theres a big pile of them building up in one of the Avid suites.
> Frankly, I don't put a lot of faith in the longevity of these little drives.
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> I'm thinking of getting a large raid server that can just hold all the stuff
> (till it gets full then we'll have another talk about longer term archival)
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> What are you using to archive old footage that was aquired digitally?
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> Mike Cardeiro
> Editor/Animator/Compositor
> D4 Creative Group - Philadelphia, PA
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