Media storage moves to the cloud

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Media storage moves to the cloud --

Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:03

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International broadcasters and media professionals such as Fox and BBC are looking to advancing cloud technologies as a way to conveniently and efficiently address storage issues, in the air.

While cloud-based broadcast workflows are already being implemented to accelerate, upload, consume and deliver media, the potential for storage utilisation in this already established global digital network is being investigated by a number of organisations.

Prime Focus Technologies in Bangalore, India, recently launched True Nort, a digital media cloud-based operation which includes a digital lab for cinema, a production centre for television and potential storage possibilities for studio and on location storage requirements. The project is planned to serve as a digital support structure for over 200 television channels.

Mark Overington is president of Aframe in North America, a company which offers substantial cloud solutions and storage options, and believes that this technology could reduce the need for on-premise storage devices and equipment.

In many cases, [a videographer] may shoot and then automatically make a back-up copy, which in effect, doubles your storage requirements right there. To be able to shoot and put it up to Aframe, we re now you re back-up, remarks Overington.

4k technology continues to search for higher storage solutions, as equipment becomes advanced and mobile enough to use in the field. Players in the industry such as AJA Video, Blackmagic Design, Sony and Sonnet continue to develop products which can address this need.

Designed to handle lens-to-post workflow for 4K projects, AJA Video s Ki Pro Quad has both file-based recording and playback capability.

Blackmagic Design s HyperDeck Shuttle 2 is a portable field recorder for live production switchers offering ProRes, DNxHD or uncompressed recording direct to SSDs with 10-bit video quality.

The new line of 256 GB solid-state drives and two hard disk models from Sony address high-speed data transfer requirements in the field which allow users to transfer about 30 GB of video to an SDD drive in less than 90 seconds.

The Sonnet Fusion F3, intended for on-location work, features a 6TB, two-drive hardware RAID storage system with a half-RU-wide enclosure with front-panel controls.

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