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
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
16 Basic Truths About Data Management, Backup and Archiving
By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus Some things never seem to change and it helps to consider them before diving into a new setup or expansion of your workflow. 1. Before expanding your setup do an inventory of your files, storage
What’s New in P5 Version 6.1
By David Fox Introduction On January 26th, Archiware GmbH, expert in data backup and archiving, released the latest version 6.1 of its P5 Data Management Platform. There’s plenty of new functionality between version 6.0 and 6.1, so let’s take a
17 Features of a Great Data Archive Management Software
By Dr. Marc Batschkus Keeping important data for the long-term means archiving. This is actually the difference between Backup and Archive. The Backup protects all files that are still in use for daily production and work. All files that are
Benefits of the P5 Companion App
By David Fox What is the P5 Companion App? P5 Companion is a new desktop application for Windows, macOS and Linux that allows files from local or shared storage to be archived and restored by simple drag-and-drop operations on the
10 Features einer exzellenten Video-Archiv-Management-Software
By Marc M. Batschkus Preserving media assets is the main reason for archiving. Since archiving is a data migration it frees up space on production storage. Archiving video footage, photos and other media requires specific features to simplify browsing, searching,
How to Manage Your Data in the Post Production Workflow
By Marc M. Batschkus The post-production workflow is responsible for precious files that might have cost millions to create. Therefore, having solid protection and maximum security for this data is necessary. Since there are many options and technologies available, a
4 tips to protect and manage your data with Archiware P5 while self-isolating
By David Fox While the office is empty and many work remotely, we offer some tips on ways to use Archiware P5 that should prove useful in these exceptional times. All of the tips below can be implemented without requiring
What’s New in P5 Version 6.0
By David Fox Introduction With the release of P5 version 6 of the data-management suite this month, Archiware keeps the name at P5 but moves the version number along to 6. The technology advances and general modernization set the stage
Was ist der beste Weg, um Video-Dateien zu archivieren?
by Marc M. Batschkus Why archive data in the first place? Since archiving is a migration process, it moves files from production storage to archive storage. Saving space on production storage saves investment and keeps the number of files on
Using AWS Snowball with Archiware P5 to transport archive data to S3 cloud storage
By David Fox Executive Summary: Archiving and backing up data to the cloud is often slower than writing to local tape or disk, due to internet upload speeds limiting the data transfer rate available. By employing an AWS Snowball device,
