Comments on: Archiving Creative Materials http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-in-the-ad-business/archiving-creative-materials/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: PhantomDS http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-in-the-ad-business/archiving-creative-materials/#comment-8 PhantomDS Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:16:39 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-in-the-ad-business/archiving-creative-materials/#comment-8 you should consider using an optical library (possibly one at each location). This way when your primary work is complete, the data is moved from your primary "working location" (e.g. XSan) to your "first blu ray based optical library, and then the library replicates to your secondary location. Thereby making availability in both locations feasible almost instantly. Furthermore, with a tiered storage approach you will find a much clearer documented approach to your storage. Disk based systems have many hidden costs vendors won't tell you about, tape systems are just plain slow and you never really achieve over 65 - 70% utilization. Optical libraries have error correction and verification mechanisms, making them the most accepted information archiving platform even in compliance driven environments. [A href="http://phantomdatasystems.com/bluraydisc.html"]Phantom Data Systems Inc.[/A] you should consider using an optical library (possibly one at each location). This way when your primary work is complete, the data is moved from your primary “working location” (e.g. XSan) to your “first blu ray based optical library, and then the library replicates to your secondary location. Thereby making availability in both locations feasible almost instantly.
Furthermore, with a tiered storage approach you will find a much clearer documented approach to your storage. Disk based systems have many hidden costs vendors won’t tell you about, tape systems are just plain slow and you never really achieve over 65 - 70% utilization. Optical libraries have error correction and verification mechanisms, making them the most accepted information archiving platform even in compliance driven environments.

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