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

Hi Mike,

I moved us over to a Cache-A system (Pro Cache) a couple of years ago. http://www.cache-a.com/productspro.php
Having had 2 hard drives refuse to spin up after sitting on a shelf for too long (didn't seem too long at the time!) we knew that we needed to move off of 'stacked on a shelf' hard drives as storage.

I have been very happy with LTO5 as an archive solution.

I use it for all of our Avid jobs, as well as our Flame archives. (longer setup story but happy to elaborate if you need).

I will tell you the one thing that I don't like about the Cache-A system. I don't care for its 'finding' ability. I find it too slow and cumbersome.

I do have a workaround to that... I archive, then restore the tape, and 'index' the restore with software called 'Neo Finder' http://www.cdfinder.de/
It's search is LIGHTNING fast. (and also available via network)

As I mentioned, this system has been working solidly for over 2 years now.


Jeff

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> > mike cardeiro
> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 7:20 AM
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> > 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
> > work.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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)
> >
> > What are you using to archive old footage that was aquired digitally?
> >
> > Mike Cardeiro
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> > D4 Creative Group - Philadelphia, PA
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