XenData Digital ArchivesSimplify your video archive workflow

XenData LTO Video Archive SolutionsOverview

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XenData Company Profile

Our mission is simple: to provide the best digital video archiving solutions to our customers at competitive prices.

We have been developing digital archive solutions since 2001 and today we are 100% focused on digital video archiving solutions for the media and entertainment industry.

We have 600+ LTO library archive installations in over 50 countries worldwide in media and entertainment – mainly with broadcasters, production companies, post organizations and media studios for large corporations.

XenData Customer Support

We provide pre- and post-sales customer support from our facilities in California and the UK.

XenData engineers are also available for onsite installation and training.

XenData, Walnut Creek, CA XenData, Cambridge, UK

LTO Archive Network Solutions

XenData Windows Server SolutionsFile-Folder Interface

XenData software virtualizes the RAID, tape library and off-line tapes, presenting them as a single magnetic disk volume:

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XenData Windows Server SolutionsFile-Folder Interface

The contents of all managed LTO cartridges and the disk cache are virtualized in a file/folder structure. This is available locally on the server as a drive letter or may be shared over the network and accessed via CIFS/SMB or FTP

Files may be archived and restored directly from MAMs, automation, Windows Explorer, Finder, etc.

May be accessed from Mac clients – the XenData archive is usually mounted via SMB. Archive and restores may be performed via Finder, Final Cut Server, Sienna newsroom automation, etc.

SX-520 Archive ServersManaged by XenData6 Server software

2U rack mount server running XenData6 Server software on Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system.

NAS Architecture: archive and restore via network share.

Uses disk cache to optimize performance.

Scales to support 10+ petabyte robotic tape libraries.

Example System:SX-520 Series Archive Server & LTO Library

Example System:SX-10 Archive Appliance & 60 TB Near-line LTO Library

SX-10 Archive ApplianceManaged by XenData6 Server software

Cost effective 1U rack mount appliance running XenData6 Server software on Windows 7.

NAS Architecture: archive and restore via network share.

Uses 4 TB disk cache to optimize performance.

Available in six models that manage from a single LTO drive to a 225 TB robotic tape library.

SX-10-203 appliance with 4 TB of disk cache

SX-10 & SX-520 ArchivesManaged by XenData6 Server software

LTFS and TAR LTO tape pools

LTO Cartridge replication for added data protection.

Partial restore supported.

Manages online, LTO near-line and offline files.

Alert Module includes library messages

Reports help manage the archive

SX-10 & SX-520 Interface options

File-Folder Interface

Broad compatibility including most MAMs

Makes LTO archive appear as network share

Accessed via CIFS/SMB or FTP

API

Applications that use an API to interface with a XenData archive include Avid Interplay, Avid FastBreak and Harmonic MAS

XenData SX-10 & SX-520 File-Folder Compatibility

Windows Explorer

Finder

etc.

LTO Archives for Avid Interplay Production

XenData Open Standard ArchiveAbout Interplay Production

Avid Interplay Production has more than 1,400 installations worldwide.

It delivers Asset Management that expands workgroup capabilities by coordinating projects in parallel, and enabling producers, editors, assistants and reviewers to find, edit and annotate media from anywhere.

XenData Open Standard ArchiveInterplay Production

XenData has partnered with NL Technology to deliver an open standard archive for Interplay Production.

It integrates seamlessly into the Avid environment and yet it provides independent access to your valuable assets.

Connects via Interplay Web Services.

Uses Interplay database to track assets stored in the XenData LTO library.

XenData Open Standard ArchiveInterplay Production

Interplay Access displays both archived and online media.

To archive or retrieve, users simply drag and drop media assets such as clips and sequences.

By dragging and dropping to a restore folder, media assets are moved to the ISIS SAN where they appear online automatically.

XenData Open Standard ArchiveInterplay Production

In addition to keeping metadata online in the Interplay Production database, the solution indexes archived content and supports searching independently.

All archived files are catalogued by an extended version of axle Video’s browser based asset manager.

This makes the entire contents of the archive searchable from any PC, Mac or iPad connected via WiFi, supporting users not connected to the production workgroup.

LTO Archives for Harmonic Media Application Server (MAS)

About Harmonic MAS

Harmonic Media Application Server (MAS) provides management of content across the Harmonic server and storage infrastructure. This includes Harmonic’s Spectrum, MediaDeck and MediaGrid products. Now, the managed storage infrastructure may be extended to include XenData LTO archive systems.

Powered by Harmonic MAS, Harmonic’s ProXplore is a web application which provides content management across the Harmonic and XenData storage infrastructure. ProXplore provides multisystem searches, content movement, and organization of content based on physical or descriptive properties.

Harmonic Archive

Harmonic Archive

LTO Archive Workstation Solutions

Workstation Archive System Managed by XenData6 Workstation software

Easy to Use: Appears as a storage device in Windows Explorer. Archive to and restore from LTO uses drag and drop or copy and paste. Nested folder structures can be archived and restored.

Optimized Restores: When restoring multiple files, they are read in tape order for fast restores.

You can use either LTFS or TAR.

Workstation Archive System Managed by XenData6 Workstation software

Ideal for data wrangling. Nested folders are easily copied to and restored from LTO.

A cost effective way to manage an offline video archive. Provides browse and search of all LTO offline files using Windows Explorer. Also includes reports module for managing offline content.

Workstation Archive System Managed by XenData6 Workstation software

XenData6 Workstation software available to support HP, IBM and Tandberg LTO drives.

The XenData X2500 system includes IBM LTO-6 drive, PCIe interface card, cable and XenData6 Workstation software.

XenData Digital ArchivesSimplify your video archive workflow

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