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What are metadata and why do they matter?

By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus  How important are Metadata for a media archive? Years after actual production happens, chances are low that someone will remember a filename or other specifics of the production to find a file. This is where

Lana Tannir November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 P5 Read more

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

Lana Tannir November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Archive, Backup, P5 Read more

Apple’s Developer Transition Kit DTK and Archiware P5

By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus First impressions on Apple Silicon, an ARM based chip that will replace Intel CPUs and a test run with Archiware P5 Apple’s decision to move away from Intel CPUs and the X86 architecture got a

Marc M. Batschkus September 29, 2020October 5, 2020 Operating Systems, P5, Technology Read more

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

David Fox June 24, 2020June 29, 2020 Archive, P5 Read more

Boosting ROI through a Modernized Video Production Workflow

Optimizing production workflow can be done in multiple ways. Video production generates data—lots of data. These data has to be managed when flowing through different stages and kept safe along the way. There are several mechanisms to keep video data

Marc M. Batschkus June 8, 2020September 21, 2020 P5 Read more

What is LTO Tape and How it Works

By Marc M. Batschkus LTO tape is a linear storage medium and technology. LTO means Linear Tape Open and is developed as a standard defined by the LTO consortium, consisting of IBM, HPE, and Quantum. There are multiple vendors and

Marc M. Batschkus May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Archive, Backup, P5 Read more

9 Features of a Great Video Archive Management Software

By Marc M. Batschkus Archiving video footage and other media requires specific features to simplify browsing, searching, and re-use. Media production especially profits from archiving by saving production storage and time for finding assets. Long-term protection for reference, re-use, and

Marc M. Batschkus April 20, 2020November 16, 2020 Archive, P5 Read more

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

Marc M. Batschkus April 14, 2020November 9, 2020 P5 Read more

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

Marc M. Batschkus April 7, 2020April 15, 2020 P5 Read more

How to Archive on a Spectra Logic Tape Library

By David Fox Introduction Data archiving is all about moving production data from expensive ‘live’ storage to a cheaper type of storage in a cost-effective manner, allowing the data to be retained for the long term. LTO tape is one

David Fox March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Archive, P5 Read more

How to Archive on a Quantum Tape Library

By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus Preserving precious files for the long-term can be a challenge. The longer data resides on spinning disk, the higher the risk that it is affected by either human error or malware affecting the storage. Human

Marc M. Batschkus February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 Archive, How to, P5 Read more

8 Best Features of a Media Archive Software

By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus Creating media assets takes time, effort and money. Some media might be unique and close to impossible to re-create. For these reasons, preserving the valuable assets for reference, returning customers, re-use, and monetisation of any

Marc M. Batschkus February 10, 2020November 24, 2020 Archive, P5 Read more

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

David Fox January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 P5 Read more

What is Media Asset Management?

By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus Working with multiple media types like photos, graphics, sound, and video can be challenging. Creating an edit with dozens or even hundreds of assets often requires the appropriate media management support to find the right

Marc M. Batschkus January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Archive, P5 Read more

What is the Best Way to Store Digital Photos Long-Term?

by Marc M. Batschkus  Digital cameras are a hot commodity that makes creating memories easy. Nonetheless, it has created unique problems and solutions. Ever since the switch to digital cameras, photography is connected to IT and data management. Analog film

Marc M. Batschkus December 30, 2019January 13, 2020 P5, Storage Read more

What is the Best Way to Archive Video Files?

by Marc M. Batschkus Why archive 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 to a

Marc M. Batschkus December 27, 2019November 9, 2020 Archive, P5 Read more

How to Protect Video Storage

by Marc M. Batschkus Video production has some unique characteristics when it comes to filing sets. Files are usually much bigger than in most other fields, and the number of files per project is limited. If something goes wrong and

Marc M. Batschkus December 23, 2019December 27, 2019 P5, Storage Read more

How Long Does a Hard Drive Last?

By David Fox In this article, we’ll concern ourselves with ‘spinning’ hard disk drives (let’s call them HDDs), as opposed to solid-state disk (SSD) storage, which might sometimes be referred to by the same name. The answer to the question

David Fox December 16, 2019December 14, 2020 P5, Storage Read more

8 Steps to Creating a Data Archiving Strategy

By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus Introduction Above all, the top reason to start archiving is to free up space on production storage. After all, having an investment in storage expansion can even make the archive pay off financially.  Archiving is

Marc M. Batschkus October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Archive, How to, P5 Read more

Ways to Secure Your Data: Backups, Cloning, Incremental, Differential, Mirror & Full

By David Fox When it comes to taking a backup copy of data to ensure nothing is lost in the event of a failure, hack, or disaster, there are two different storage techniques. A Backup writes data onto ‘containers’ which

David Fox October 21, 2019October 28, 2019 Backup, P5 Read more
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