Active Archive Solution

Provide your creatives and re-use professionals with reliable secure access to valuable content while economically protecting that content.

Maintaining a digital archive continues as an ever-growing requirement for media-based organizations and companies. Increasingly, new content utilizes past content: past interviews, B-roll, audio clips, digital effects elements, etc. Progressive organizations are implementing the concept of an ‘Active Archive’ where end users in the organization can query and access the contents of the archive without having to work through an archivist or the IT department. The trick is to architect a solution that masks the operational complexity of incorporating the ‘best practices of archiving’ while allowing end users to search and access files easily, quickly, securely and simply.

What are digital archiving best practices you might ask? Following the 3-2-1-1 rule: There should ideally be 3 copies of the data, stored on 2 different media types, with at least 1 copy stored off-site or in the “cloud”. The final ‘-1’ in the rule is the recommendation that at least one copy be stored ‘air gapped’ from all other copies. An MTMP Active Archive solution can incorporate the 3-2-1 rule transparently to the users.

The need for highly predictable and reliable storage technology to support digital archiving is even more important today as growing amounts of valuable content is being captured, produced and distributed in digital formats. The archives of a media company contain many of the company’s most valuable assets. MGM and Miramax film library sales serve as historic examples. The acquisition by Disney of the 20^th Century Fox’s film archive — a significant asset in the Disney Fox merger– is a current example.  The archive masters of films, TV shows and music have real economic value.  One recent example of this value is the lawsuit filed against Universal Music Group alleging the destruction of master recording during the 2008 Universal Studios lot fire with losses of up to $150 Million.

To understand how an ‘Active Archive’ solution can be designed and implemented to meet your organization’s requirements, contact MTMP.  Whether your organization determines its archive should be on-premise, in the cloud or a hybrid premise/cloud implementation there is an MTMP solution to support your needs

Contact MTMP Solutions today to learn how we can assist you with an Active Archive Solution for your business or organization.

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