Video Technics, Inc.

VT Media Archive Library

Video Technics' Media Archive Server integrates seamlessly with NewsFlow and Apella Media Servers to provide the highest quality of asset management control with security options and seamless nearline/offline archiving solutions.

Archiving to fit your needs
Apella Media Servers offer asset protection with user profiles, user group settings, and storage quotas which set recording parameters and manage disk space. Apella Media Servers come standard with an Export to Folder function and support XenData and SGL FlashNet middleware for large archive/nearline solutions utilizing tape. NewsFlow is certified with nearline and offline archiving solutions from Asaca, Qualstar, and HP. The software-only option can be configured with the hardware solution of choice to manage LTO-4 archives or spinning disks.

End-to-End Solution - VT Media Archive Library
The VT Media Archive Library (VT-MAL) features Qualstar’s BQ20/44, which combines a high performance server with proven RLS-Series robotic tape libraries. The VT-MAL archives 3,283 hours of 25 Mb/sec MPEG-2 content for automated retrieval in just 7U of rack space in your control room.

Hardware Overview
Content is stored on a combination of hard disk and digital data tapes, and shelved tapes can still be managed through the VT Media Archive Library. All tapes are controlled by barcode, making retrieval from the shelf fast and easy.

The VT-MAL is fully engineered for continuous operation, incorporating 2TB of hard disk RAID (0,1,5) and the latest dual-core CPU technology running Windows 2003 Server Edition.

This highly scalable archive solution starts out with 20 cartridge slots, storing 1,440 hours of DV25 near-line in addition to 115 hours on hard disk. It is expandable snap-in capacity upgrade kits up to 3,283 hours of SD content.

All tapes are stored in removable magazines. Each magazine holds four LTO-4 tape cartridges storing 288 hours of video at 25Mb/sec and has a clear plastic cover. The barcodes for each tape can be viewed through the cover to enable rapid selection of a video clip that is to be restored from the shelf.

Start out with a single high performance IBM LTO-4 tape drive and add a second as throughput demands increase. This system is so simple to install and operate that you can expand it yourself as your needs grow, lessening your initial outlay and reducing operating costs.

The VT Media Archive Library reduces the physical storage space needed for your archive library. You can store your entire video archive on a bookshelf.

System Benefits
∙ Low initial entry cost
∙ Flexible storage designed to adapt to your workflow
∙ Readily expands in the field as your archive needs grow
∙ Fully integrated system with on-site service and support from a single vendor
∙ Compact, easily managed unilmited offline archive capacity