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P5 Archive: Importing metadata, thumbnails and proxies into archive indexes from external sources

In this article and its accompanying video, we’ll describe a workflow for importing metadata, thumbnails and proxies into an existing archive index. Data already archived by P5 Archive and represented in an archive index, can have these additional items added,

Cloud Storage or LTO Tape for Media Archive – What’s the Best Choice in 2023?

By David Fox Cloud storage is ubiquitous in 2023, storing around 50% of corporate data at the time of writing. It’s relatively cheap, safe, compliant and requires no up-front expenditure on hardware and management. It’s also mature with Amazon’s leading

Comparison of LTO and Cloud Storage Costs for Media Archive – June 2023

By David Fox June 2023 update notes: This updated version of this article, originally published in June 2022 contains updated prices for all cloud storage and LTO storage costs. Archiware P5 Data Mover has also been included since it was

Generate mosaic-style video previews in P5 Archive

One of P5 Archive’s strengths is the mini-MAM function, which can capture thumbnails, proxies and metadata from media assets. This allows for the content of off-line media to be browsed visually in P5’s web-admin interface. The capture of thumbnails and

Archiware’s 4 Data Management trends for 2023

Being at the front-line in the battle often fought between incoming media data and storage constraints, Archiware is well placed to share a few predictions around trends in the storage and management of data. Here we continue our annual analysis

Archive to Cloud Storage using a Wasabi Ball Transfer Appliance

P5 Archive allows large datasets to be archived to cloud storage by first obtaining a physical disk storage device from the cloud provider for archiving locally across your LAN, and then having this device shipped back to the cloud storage

10 Tips to Build an Effective Media Archive System for Your Business in 2023

What is the best way to archive video footage and media files? By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus 1. What Is a Media Archive System? A media archive system (MAS) is a collection of software and hardware designed to store and

Archive Storage Flexibility and Tiering with P5 Data Mover

In our June 2022 Spotlight article, titled “Comparison of LTO and Cloud storage costs for media archive“, we provided a comprehensive comparison of media archive storage costs, and uncovered some interesting and perhaps alarming differences in cost and convenience. In

Comparison of LTO and Cloud Storage Costs for Media Archive

By David Fox Information about prices and services in this article are correct as of June 2022. In this article we’ll compare costs and convenience of storing archive data on LTO tapes versus cloud storage from various popular vendors. Many

An explanation of Synthetic and Progressive methods in Archiware P5 Backup

By David Fox Archiware P5 Backup has two special backup strategies designed to assist in situations where taking a ‘full’ backup is not feasible. In this blog article, we’ll look at both Synthetic and Progressive backup methods in some detail.

Entscheidungshilfe für die Konfiguration eines LTO-basierten Backup- bzw. Archiv-Systems

By Josef Doods The data management platform Archiware P5 offers a software for backup, P5 Backup as well as for Archive, P5 Archive. Arching data in a company is a task that guarantees the long-term preservation of data. Configuring a

Best Way to Archive Video Files and Media Assets in 2022

More video is produced every year and so more files need to be held on storage and finally archived. Let’s first take a closer look at Archive and what makes it different from Backup. Definition of Backup vs Archive Backup

Archiware’s 4 Data Management Trends for 2022

Using P5 version 7 with cloud transfer device: Backblaze B2 Fireball

Note that this article refers to P5 version 7, released July 2021. For previous versions of P5, refer to this article for configuration of the AWS Snowball and this article for configuring P5 for use with a Backblaze Fireball. In

Filesystems versus Object Stores, how best to backup and archive files to cloud storage.

From time to time, we are asked if P5 will copy/replicate individual files from a filesystem to a cloud object store, where one file is stored as one object. This seems a natural way to work, since cloud storage works

What’s New in P5 Version 7

In July 2021, Archiware GmbH, expert in data backup and archiving, released the latest version 7.0 of its P5 Data Management Platform. There’s plenty of new functionality between versions 6 and 7, so let’s take a look at all that’s

Protect against Ransomware with Archiware P5

Ransomware is everywhere. It causes huge disruption by encrypting data on computer storage, so that it cannot be read, with a ransom to pay to decrypt/recover it. This criminal activity is very common, causing enormous damage to both small and large organizations, with victims paying millions of dollars (usually in Bitcoin) to undo the damage. Often, crucial data is permanently lost. Criminal organizations profit and this activity is on the rise.

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