Consolidating Storage for Disparate and Varied Workflows Previously, Endemol kept DigiBeta and HDCAM SR tapes on site and at a separate storage facility, but the new system makes its content more accessible and retrievable. root6 workflow engineer David Skeggs explains how the system works: “Tapes get digitised as high-res HD masters, using MXF format AVC100. These are stored on LTO-6 tape using the Front Porch DIVArchive system, which drives the Spectra Logic T950 library. All content ends up on LTO tape and Front Porch is the management layer on top of that. A proxy of the content is also protected near-line in MatrixStore. This is the media that everyone looks at, via the Imagen website – a customised media management and publishing system from Cambridge Imaging. Here, they ca

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