Intelligent Archiving for Media & Entertainment Quantum StorNext Data Management Software

1. Intelligent Archiving for Media & Entertainment Quantum StorNext Data Management Software Ingo Fuchs – Product Marketing Manager, Quantum

2. Agenda • Evolution of the Digital Workflow • Content Protection and Recovery • Intelligent Archiving

3. The evolution of the digital workflow SNEAKERNET  SAN and NAS  Beyond Sneakernet • Files created at one desk • Stored on a Firewire Drive (or similar) • Carry or ship to next desk • Nice and slow – plenty of time…

4. Storage Area Networks (SAN) Pros Content stored in a central repository Faster data access Easier to manage than DAS Cons Logically still silos of storage Serial workflow (access/copy) Increased risk of loss as everything is in one place SAN The evolution of the digital workflow Linux Workstation 1 Linux Workstation 2 Windows Workstation 1

5. Network Attached Storage (NAS) Pros Content stored in a central, shared repository Basic content sharing Cons Limited performance and scalability Increased risk of loss as everything is in one place LAN The evolution of the digital workflow Linux Workstation 1 Linux Workstation 2 Windows Workstation 1

6. Workstations / Servers SAN LAN High-Performance Disk Workstations The evolution of the digital workflow • The next step – StorNext File System • True content sharing • Real-time access to digital assets • Scalable (GB/s throughput per node, PBs of capacity) • Browse • Craft • Proxy Edit • Ingest • Play-Out • Edit Gateway Farm

7. HD and the “Data Tsunami” Professional Moving Image Content 2007: 700 PB 2012: 2.4 EB (Exabytes) • Massive amounts of digital content from HD and 2k/4k workflows • New challenges • Protecting your content • Retaining and retrieving long-term digital archives • Managing increasing capacity demands with tight budgets • Digitizing analog video archives creates increasing amounts of data • Storing multiple versions for re-purposing more efficiently The “Data Tsunami” You ? Source: Coughlin Associates, Archiving in the Entertainment and Professional Media Market, 2007

8. Content Protection and Recovery • Some key questions: • How valuable is the stored content? • How painful would it be to re-create (e.g. re-ingest) content? • How to hit deadlines after loosing content? • Standard IT Backup/Recovery solutions • Widely used in standard IT environments • Essentially create copies again and again • All content remains on primary storage • Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) solutions • Widely used in data-intensive environments • Retains data on the most economic storage tier • Often includes data protection functionality • Allows to store “infinite” amounts of data • Also known as ILM, Digital Archive, etc. – we call it Intelligent Archiving

9. Intelligent ArchivingStorNext Storage Manager • Stores data at the most economical storage tier at a specific point in time • Typical Storage Tiers: • Large Capacity Disk • High retrieval speed, good for all file sizes, high energy consumption • De-Duplicated Storage • De-duplication algorithm determines efficiency, specifically for Rich Media • Onsite and Offsite Data Tape • Long term content retention, off-site storage, retrieval speed good for large files • NAS Appliances • Re-purposing, flexible Policy Manager NAS Appliances Onsite and Offsite Tape De-Duplicated Storage Large Capacity Disk

10. Total Cost of Storage for 100TBPrimary Storage vs. Intelligent Archiving with StorNext Storage Manager 100TB Online 10TB Online100TB Archive (90% Offsite)

11. SAN Clients Distributed LAN Clients SAN LAN High-Performance Disk StorNext Architecture • Browse • Craft • Proxy Edit • Ingest • Play-Out • Edit Clustered Gateways iMover Policy Manager NAS Appliances Onsite and Offsite Tape De-Duplicated Storage Large Capacity Disk

12. Customer Example: Retirement Living TV Retirement Living is a cable company targeting the 55+ demographic. Its mission is to inform, involve, and inspire seniors to lead full, healthy and active lives. • They’ve produced over 400 hours of original programming which translates into over 3000 hours of finished content (approx $32 million in assets) • They currently reach 20 million homes nationwide and are actively pursuing deals with all major satellite and cable distributors • Challenge: • Needed file-based workflow to create, quickly edit, and prepare original content for playout to air. • Solution: • StorNext File System for 10 edit rooms, 2 graphic suites and multiple ingest points to access content simultaneously • StorNext Storage Manager for data protection and multi-tier archiving to disk, tape, and vault • Result: • Time to air is faster • Content is protected and archived cost-effectively for re-use • 9:1 cost savings over traditional video tape

13. StorNext – the choice for Digital Archive • Single Namespace, transparent data access • Ability to access all content regardless of where it’s stored • Include all primary and secondary storage systems, disk and tape • Support all platforms and applications • Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac • Flexible, scalable access to content • Support both SAN and LAN access • Reliable and scalable LAN access needs to be reliable and scalable • Data Protection built-in • Ability to create data protection copies of content • Low IT overhead, Lights-out operations • Automatic, transparent, dynamic data movement (store and retrieve) • Ability to expand or migrate to new storage infrastructure while running • Lower TCO / Total Cost of Storage

14. StorNext File System Fast, real-time access to digital content Supports SD and HD assets Platform independent Content sharing across SAN and LAN Result: Faster time to market StorNext Storage Manager Transparently manages digital content Automatically protects digital assets Cost-effective long-term storage Result: Store more content for less Summary