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LTFS Customer Success Stories
Production Case StudyThis is a San Francisco based company that produces and distributes video for independent musicians. They have an in-house production and post-production team that consists of 12 video/audio editors
Business Need:
• Largestorageneed• SANstorageisexpensive• RemovableHDsarefragile(~8%failurerate),expensive,havelimitedshelflifeandtakeup excessivespace• Onsiteandoff-sitecopies
Solution Results:
• WithLTFSeffectivelybackedup80TBofuncompressedvideoresultinginfinishedprojects• Slashedstoragecostsfrom-$0.20/GBto~$0.05/GB• Builtanarchiveandrestoreworkflowwithfastrecovery• Scalablearchivesolutionwitha30-50yearshelflife• LTFSstandardformatforeasysharing• Assureddataisprotectedwithreliableoff-lineandoff-siteprotection
TV Broadcaster Case StudyThisisaleadingJapanTVbroadcasterthatisbasedinTokyo,andoperatesthrough28regionalaffiliates.
Business Need:Toimproveefficiencyofvideocontentarchivingandeaseofuseandreliability.
Solution Results:• Computergraphicdesignerscanarchivefilesdirectlytotapethroughdraganddropfunctionalitywith
LTFS Keyresult:Moreefficientworkflow
• Tapeappearsasadiskdirectoryprovidingfasteraccesstodata Keyresult:-Significantlyreducedtimetakentoarchive
• Designerscanalsodirectlyaccessarchivedwork Keyresult:-Improvementsonbusinessproductivity
FormoreinformationaboutSNIA’sworkonLTFS,visitwww.snia.org/ltfs.
SNIA’sLTFSTechnicalWorkGroup collaborateswithother industryassociations,suchastheLTOConsortium(www.lto.org/resources/case-studies),tohelpeducateandpromotethevalueofLinearTapeFile
Systems(LTFS). FollowingareanumberofLTFScustomercasestudieswherethesecustomersuseLTFS in
themediaandentertainmentindustry.LearnhowinnovativetapestoragetechnologieswithLinearTapeFile
System(LTFS)cansavecostsandmaketapeusableinafashionlikediskorotherremovablemedia.WithLTFS
you can view tape video content with directory tree structures and have the ease of drag and drop capability.
SNIAfocusesitstechnicaleffortsonthedevelopmentofanarchitecturethatisrelatedtothenon-platform
specific,on-mediaformatforLTFS.Italsoproducesacomprehensivesetofspecificationsensuringaconsistency
ofinterfacestandardsacrossLTFSrelatedefforts.LTFSprovidesanindustrystandardformatforrecordingdata
on modern magnetic tape.
Thisstandardallowsfor:
• Filesystemimplementationsusingtape
• User-friendlyaccesstotapedatausingfamiliartoolsandinterfaces
• Cross-platformandcross-vendorinteroperabilityfortape-NonProprietary
• Astandardfordatainterchange
• Openmarkets
• Ensuresmultivendorproducts
• Datasharing
SNIA’sLTFSFormatSpecificationdefinesafilesystemformatseparatefromanyimplementationondatastorage
media.Usingthisformat,dataisstoredinLTFSVolumes.AnLTFSVolumeholdsdatafilesandcorresponding
metadatatocompletelydescribethedirectoryandfilestructuresstoredonthevolume.
SNIA’sLTFSBulkTransferstandarddefinesamethodbywhichasetoffiles,directoriesandobjectsfroma
sourcesystemcanbetransferredtoadestinationsystem.Thebulktransferoflargequantitiesofdataiswell
suitedforLTFSduetotheeconomicandenvironmentalcharacteristicsoftape.
FormoreinformationaboutSNIA’sworkonLTFS,visitwww.snia.org/ltfs.
Post Production Case Study
Since1998,thiscompanyhasplayedadefinitiveroleindesigningpostandITworkflowsforthemediaandentertainmentindustry.Clientsincludetelevision,motionpicture,independent,andthetechnologyindustry. It fostersanacademicapproachtopost-productionand ITdesign.Knownfor itsnumerousbooks,whitepapersandengineeringreports,itsadviceissoughtafterbyclientsofallscaleandscope.
TheChallenge: Aworkflowsolutionthatwouldworkwellonthefrontandback-endoftheproductionprocess.
In the media and entertainment industry, post-production work is one of the most critical, yetcomplicatedstagesofproduction.Productioncrewsarefrequentlyinremotelocations,whichmeans,gettingfootagebacktoeditingcanbeachallenge.Projectsmayneedtobeaccessedfromdifferentlocationsandinaformthatallowsalltoworkcollaboratively.
Thiscompanywaslookingforacost-effectivefile-basedworkflowsolutionthatwouldworkwellonthefrontandback-endoftheproductionprocess.Havingaformofdatastoragethatwouldalsoactasanarchiveforcompletedprojectswasalsoimportant,asproductionstudiosoftenwouldneedtoaccessoriginalcopiesinordertorecovercertainprojects.
The Solution:Uponevaluatingdifferentoptions,LinearTapeTechnologywaselectedtouseastheirstoragemedium.They started using data tapes primarily for their own purposes in backing up the finished, color-correctedmasterprojects,sothattheywouldhaveanarchiveon-site.Astapedatastorageisanon-linearformofstorage,italsoworkedwellifthetelevisionshowormovieneededtobereconstructed.Thecategorizationwouldleteditorsknowwhichfileswerewhich(AVIDfile,colorfile,etc.),makingiteasytoreassemblethefilmortelevisionshow.
TheintroductionofLinearTapeFileSystem(LTFS)openedanewrangeofoptions.Withfileseveneasiertolocateandmoreinteroperable,theyquicklyrealizedthatprojectcollaborationwouldnowbeeveneasier.UsingOpenStack(thefreeandopen-sourcesoftwarecloudcomputingplatform),theywereabletosharetheirtapedatastoragewithLTFSarchivedversionsofprojectsdirectlyinthecloud.Havingthis option allowed an additional location to store data while maintaining the archived version on-site.
They foundmajor benefits bymigrating certain assets from tape to cloud storage and from cloudstoragetotape.Utilizingmeta-data,theyestablishedworkflowsforclientstoaccesstheirproxyfilesfromcloudstorage,aswellastheassociatedhigh-resolutionfileslivingontape.Whileshippinglargeamountsofdataviatapeisthemostcommon,cheapestand(oftentimes)thequickestwaytotransportdata,savingcontenttothecloudprovidesanadditionaloptiontodownloaddirectlyfromthesource.Todaytheyprovidetape-to-cloud-to-tapeservicesandsoftwarefortheirTV,Filmandcorporateclients.
LTFS Customer Success Stories
LTFS Customer Success Stories
SNIA’sLTFSTechnicalWorkGroup collaborateswithother industryassociations,suchastheLTOConsortium,tohelpeducateandpromotethevalueofLinearTapeFileSystems(LTFS).Followingareanumber
of LTFS customer case studies where these customers use LTFS in themedia and entertainment industry.
LearnhowinnovativetapestoragetechnologieswithLinearTapeFileSystem(LTFS)cansavecostsandmake
tapeusableinafashionlikediskorotherremovablemedia.WithLTFSyoucanviewtapevideocontentwith
directory tree structures and have the ease of drag and drop capability.
SNIAfocusesitstechnicaleffortsonthedevelopmentofanarchitecturethatisrelatedtothenon-platform
specific,on-mediaformatforLTFS.Italsoproducesacomprehensivesetofspecificationsensuringaconsistency
ofinterfacestandardsacrossLTFSrelatedefforts.LTFSprovidesanindustrystandardformatforrecordingdata
on modern magnetic tape.
Thisstandardallowsfor:
• Filesystemimplementationsusingtape
• User-friendlyaccesstotapedatausingfamiliartoolsandinterfaces
• Cross-platformandcross-vendorinteroperabilityfortape-NonProprietary
• Astandardfordatainterchange
• Openmarkets
• Ensuresmultivendorproducts
• Datasharing
SNIA’sLTFSFormatSpecificationdefinesafilesystemformatseparatefromanyimplementationondatastorage
media.Usingthisformat,dataisstoredinLTFSVolumes.AnLTFSVolumeholdsdatafilesandcorresponding
metadatatocompletelydescribethedirectoryandfilestructuresstoredonthevolume.
SNIA’sLTFSBulkTransferstandarddefinesamethodbywhichasetoffiles,directoriesandobjectsfroma
sourcesystemcanbetransferredtoadestinationsystem.Thebulktransferoflargequantitiesofdataiswell
suitedforLTFSduetotheeconomicandenvironmentalcharacteristicsoftape.
FormoreinformationaboutSNIA’sworkonLTFS,visitwww.snia.org/ltfs.
Post Production Case Study
Since1998,thiscompanyhasplayedadefinitiveroleindesigningpostandITworkflowsforthemediaandentertainmentindustry.Clientsincludetelevision,motionpicture,independent,andthetechnologyindustry. It fostersanacademicapproachtopost-productionand ITdesign.Knownfor itsnumerousbooks,whitepapersandengineeringreports,itsadviceissoughtafterbyclientsofallscaleandscope.
TheChallenge: Aworkflowsolutionthatwouldworkwellonthefrontandback-endoftheproductionprocess.
In the media and entertainment industry, post-production work is one of the most critical, yetcomplicatedstagesofproduction.Productioncrewsarefrequentlyinremotelocations,whichmeans,gettingfootagebacktoeditingcanbeachallenge.Projectsmayneedtobeaccessedfromdifferentlocationsandinaformthatallowsalltoworkcollaboratively.
Thiscompanywaslookingforacost-effectivefile-basedworkflowsolutionthatwouldworkwellonthefrontandback-endoftheproductionprocess.Havingaformofdatastoragethatwouldalsoactasanarchiveforcompletedprojectswasalsoimportant,asproductionstudiosoftenwouldneedtoaccessoriginalcopiesinordertorecovercertainprojects.
The Solution:Uponevaluatingdifferentoptions,LinearTapeTechnologywaselectedtouseastheirstoragemedium.They started using data tapes primarily for their own purposes in backing up the finished, color-correctedmasterprojects,sothattheywouldhaveanarchiveon-site.Astapedatastorageisanon-linearformofstorage,italsoworkedwellifthetelevisionshowormovieneededtobereconstructed.Thecategorizationwouldleteditorsknowwhichfileswerewhich(AVIDfile,colorfile,etc.),makingiteasytoreassemblethefilmortelevisionshow.
TheintroductionofLinearTapeFileSystem(LTFS)openedanewrangeofoptions.Withfileseveneasiertolocateandmoreinteroperable,theyquicklyrealizedthatprojectcollaborationwouldnowbeeveneasier.UsingOpenStack(thefreeandopen-sourcesoftwarecloudcomputingplatform),theywereabletosharetheirtapedatastoragewithLTFSarchivedversionsofprojectsdirectlyinthecloud.Havingthis option allowed an additional location to store data while maintaining the archived version on-site.
They foundmajor benefits bymigrating certain assets from tape to cloud storage and from cloudstoragetotape.Utilizingmeta-data,theyestablishedworkflowsforclientstoaccesstheirproxyfilesfromcloudstorage,aswellastheassociatedhigh-resolutionfileslivingontape.Whileshippinglargeamountsofdataviatapeisthemostcommon,cheapestand(oftentimes)thequickestwaytotransportdata,savingcontenttothecloudprovidesanadditionaloptiontodownloaddirectlyfromthesource.Todaytheyprovidetape-to-cloud-to-tapeservicesandsoftwarefortheirTV,Filmandcorporateclients.
LTFS Customer Success Stories
LTFS Customer Success Stories
technology LTFS Customer Sucess Stories
www.snia.org/ltfs
LTFS Customer Success Stories
Production Case StudyThis is a San Francisco based company that produces and distributes video for independent musicians. They have an in-house production and post-production team that consists of 12 video/audio editors
Business Need:
• Largestorageneed• SANstorageisexpensive• RemovableHDsarefragile(~8%failurerate),expensive,havelimitedshelflifeandtakeup excessivespace• Onsiteandoff-sitecopies
Solution Results:
• WithLTFSeffectivelybackedup80TBofuncompressedvideoresultinginfinishedprojects• Slashedstoragecostsfrom-$0.20/GBto~$0.05/GB• Builtanarchiveandrestoreworkflowwithfastrecovery• Scalablearchivesolutionwitha30-50yearshelflife• LTFSstandardformatforeasysharing• Assureddataisprotectedwithreliableoff-lineandoff-siteprotection
TV Broadcaster Case StudyThisisaleadingJapanTVbroadcasterthatisbasedinTokyo,andoperatesthrough28regionalaffiliates.
Business Need:Toimproveefficiencyofvideocontentarchivingandeaseofuseandreliability.
Solution Results:• Computergraphicdesignerscanarchivefilesdirectlytotapethroughdraganddropfunctionalitywith
LTFS Keyresult:Moreefficientworkflow
• Tapeappearsasadiskdirectoryprovidingfasteraccesstodata Keyresult:-Significantlyreducedtimetakentoarchive
• Designerscanalsodirectlyaccessarchivedwork Keyresult:-Improvementsonbusinessproductivity
FormoreinformationaboutSNIA’sworkonLTFS,visitwww.snia.org/ltfs.
