By David Fox June 2025 update notes: A further update to this article, a couple of years on from 2023. Cloud storage costs from AWS have remained static, small increases from Wasabi and Backblaze. We’re switching to LTO-9 tapes for
8 steps to deal with discontinuation of the Sony ODA Archive solution and how to migrate an existing ODA installation
As soon as vendor of an Archive solution announces the discontinuation of the archive product, there are many open questions among users of their solution and sometimes even a slight panic. With the recent announcement of Sony “…that the Optical
5 Reasons Archiware P5 Is the Most Versatile Cross-Platform Tool for LTO Archiving
As digital media continues to grow in size and complexity, so does the need to preserve it reliably and affordably. In broadcast, post-production, and creative agencies, LTO tape remains the gold standard for long-term archive — offering high capacity, low
15 Storage and Data Management Trends for 2025
By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus 1. Growth of Storage-as-a-Service (StaaS) Offerings On-premises StaaS solutions involve storage systems being installed and maintained at the customer’s location by StaaS providers. Capacity expansion, data backup, and disaster recovery (DR) can be managed easily
Archived Media Data – Migrating for Security and Cost-Effectiveness
The current generation of LTO tape (LTO-9 released in 2021) stores 300% more data than the generation from 2015 (LTO-7). That’s 18TB today on LTO-9 versus just 6TB in 2017 on LTO-7. The same 18TB of data on an LTO-9
10 Tech Trends: Data Storage and Data Management in 2024 and Beyond
By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus 1. Storage Grows Even More More data, larger files, more media production result in more demand for storage. With a possible shortage of some chips and components, this means that the storage setup of most
Cloud Backups as a Third ‘Insurance Policy’ Backup
By David Fox When it comes to assessing whether your current backup strategy is fit for purpose, a solid guideline is the time-honoured 3-2-1 backup rule. The 3-2-1 Backup Rule It states that three copies of your primary data should
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
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
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
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
Transfer to Cloud Storage using a Backblaze B2 Fireball
By David Fox Version 2.0 – December 2020 Recent P5 versions allow 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
Legacy Media, Old Codecs and How to Deal with Them – 3 Tips to Preserve Your Media
By Dr. Marc Batschkus It is easy to forget how many codecs become obsolete over time. Even once popular codecs become outdated. Some cameras used their own codecs and thus became part of the workflow. How many of your files
10 Tips to Protect Backups From Ransomware
By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus As much as networked computers give us the benefit of accessing almost anything anytime, they are also vulnerable to online threats and ransomware. Including this notion in the planning for Backup and data security helps
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 of a Great Video Archive 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
Why is Data Management Software for Small Business Important?
By Marc M. Batschkus Small businesses—or SMBs—need to keep their business running. For most of them, customer contacts, stock keeping, and orders are their core data. This is why SMBs especially need a data protection strategy. If this sounds too
