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MillimeterXenData Beta Sight
Apr 5, 2010 12:00 PM, By Mark Lindey, senior engineer, systems administration, Modern VideoFilm
A digital video archiving solution for Modern VideoFilm.
The archive has a file system interface, and XenData policies can be configured so that each new project has its own network share and its own set of LTO tapes. When a new project is implemented, the administrator creates the network share on the archive for that project and sets appropriate permissions to allow only the authorized users to access this share. With larger-scale clients, each package of high-resolution content often contains so many different components that it is important for MVF to employ an interface that enables it to keep everything securely together on the archive and allows all related files to be moved as a group. XenData has afforded MVF the ability to do this securely and quickly.
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Another useful aspect of the XenData software is the way it dynamically expands each set of tapes, assigning blank LTO tapes as needed.
The new XenData Version 5 provides additional functionality. MVF has found the XenData Prefetch and Smart Copy and Paste fuctions to be particularly useful because they allow the company to restore video assets in an optimized order, which saves a significant amount of time when a large number of files are being restored.
With such a high-volume facility, the ability to implement a cost-effective system is important to Modern VideoFilm. Because XenData licenses its product per tape slot and not per terabyte, MVF has been able to save money. Using XenData to park the asset instead of putting it on spinning disks boosts efficiency, otherwise an awful lot of spinning disks would be needed to maintain everything that's done for clients.
The goal at postproduction companies such as MVF is to continuously deliver a high-quality, systematized approach to their clients, ensuring that assets are processed quickly and accurately and delivered securely to the customer. The installation and implementation of XenData's software is in line with these overall efforts and has enabled Modern VideoFilm to greatly expand its video archive capacity, cut costs, improve efficiency, and support the drive for ever-decreasing submission-to-end-product delivery times.
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