XenData and Marquis Broadcast Launch Low Cost Archive of Avid Projects

XenData, the global provider of digital video archive solutions to the media and entertainment industry, and Marquis Broadcast, a specialist in content workflows and media integration software, today announced the launch of a new version of Project Parking software that is tightly integrated with XenData digital video archives. Project Parking analyzes all content on shared edit storage allowing Avid projects to be copied to a XenData archive. Finished projects may then be deleted from expensive edit storage, freeing up valuable space. For current projects, snapshots may be copied to the XenData archive and then updated incrementally to provide data protection. The new combined solution allows the seamless management of offline LTO or Sony optical disc archive (ODA) cartridges, giving system administrators the ability to easily migrate projects to much lower cost storage with unlimited space.

Most shared edit storage solutions tend to be expensive and difficult to maintain and manage. By combining Marquis Broadcast's new Project Parking software with a XenData archive, users may move content to secure low cost LTO or ODA cartridges, which are then externalized and held offline. The cost per TB of an LTO cartridge is typically less than 5 percent of edit storage. When and if a project needs to be restored, Project Parking will now identify any offline cartridges, allowing the user to easily migrate the whole project or selected content back to edit storage by importing the cartridges into a robotic library, or inserting into an ODA/LTO drive.

Key benefits include:

Frees space on expensive shared edit storage - completed projects may be moved to lower cost near-line or offline storage.

Minimizes total cost - it is much lower cost to add the Marquis-XenData archive solution than to continually expand shared edit storage.

Provides vital data protection for all Avid projects stored on edit storage - snapshots can be made of projects, storing these on a highly secure XenData archive.

Project Parking allows you to take control of your Avid shared edit storage because it understands the relationships between Avid projects, folders and bins, and all its media, explains Simon Fearn, product manager, Marquis Broadcast. Then having obtained this full picture, it is easy to select projects for transfer to the XenData archive.

The lack of data protection for content on shared edit storage has been a major problem within the industry for years, and a failure of the edit storage will typically have disastrous consequences, said Phil Storey, XenData CEO. Now, we've addressed this issue for Avid users with the enhanced Project Parking. It is easy to implement a two part strategy where completed projects are moved to secure LTO or ODA cartridges, freeing up space on the edit storage, and current projects are backed up using the incremental snapshot capabilities of Project Parking.

The new Project Parking is certified for installation on XenData's SX-10 archive appliance and the XenData SX-520 Series of archive servers. Project Parking may be installed elsewhere on the network, but when installed on the XenData archive, it creates efficient data paths and avoids the need to purchase an additional server.

About Marquis Broadcast

Founded in 1998, Marquis Broadcast provides a range of media integration products designed for the data-intensive and challenging requirements of todays fast-paced broadcasting environments, enabling broadcasters and other users of digital media to achieve maximum efficiencies from their workflow processes. The company has considerable experience in integrating an extensive range of broadcast systems and devices, providing easy to use workflows via Medway, its widely installed interoperability engine. http://www.marquisbroadcast.com

About XenData

XenData is a global provider of digital video archiving solutions tailored specifically to serve the media and entertainment industry - with typical customers being video production companies, media departments within large corporations, TV stations and global broadcasters. XenData's solutions range from cost-effective LTO workstation archives to multiple petabyte server systems that manage large LTO or Sony Optical Disc Archive libraries. XenData archive servers have a network attached storage (NAS) architecture and are compatible with a broad range of third party media applications. They provide the high-performance and functionality required to meet today and tomorrow's demanding digital video applications. With over 600 digital video archive servers managing robotic libraries installed in over 50 countries worldwide, XenData is trusted by some of the largest media companies. For more information visit: http://www.xendata.com.

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