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Saurabhi Media Introduces Support for IBM Storage Deep Archive®

By Shawn Brume posted 24 days ago

  

Saurabhi Media, a company specializing in enterprise storage solutions for the media and entertainment industry, now supports IBM Storage Deep Archive for content archiving, security and preservation. This collaboration integrates Saurabhi Archive Mediator’s intelligent broadcast and media management software with IBM Storage Deep Archive, a sustainable, cyber resilient, ultra-high-density, on-premise tape storage solution, transforming digital asset preservation and protection.

Saurabhi Media’s Archive Mediator integrates seamlessly with existing Media Asset Management (MAM) and automation systems within the media industry, enabling efficient content archiving and restoration to IBM Storage Deep Archive. This solution delivers advanced capabilities such as intelligent content indexing, enhanced searchability, and fast retrieval. Built for scalability, it allows multiple IBM Diamondback units to function as a unified storage environment, optimizing expansion and resource usage. The system supports automatic format conversion during archiving and restoration, ensuring compatibility across workflows.

IBM Deep Archive offers a secure and durable on-premises, hybrid cloud for digital asset preservation and secure copy backup. Leveraging IBM tape technology for data protection, ensuring data at rest is encrypted and air-gapped, secure storage. This solution simplifies tape integration, making on-tape data storage accessible even without specialized technical expertise. Deep Archive reduces cost of media retention – up to 80% cheaper than archival cloud services – with no recall fees. When integrated with Archive Mediator, it is ideal for safeguarding critical media assets while maintaining cost-efficiency. Additionally, Archive Mediator offers a flexible hybrid storage approach—combining tape, offline, and cloud systems—to meet evolving data demands.

The concerted solution provides several benefits. It provides automated data storage optimization and modernization without specialized skills. The ultra-density storage reduces energy consumption by up to 97%1. Reduced media migration and media verification with up to 30-years2 of media archive life. Data preservation cost savings result from optimized storage data placement and the elimination of cloud recall fees. Simply production workflows with automated data management, from creation to curation, while improving resource management.

The Saurabhi Archive Mediator and IBM Storage Deep archive solution is available now. This collaboration represents thought leadership in secure, economical, and media and entertainment digital archiving with secure and economical data preservation.

For more information:

https://Saurabhimedia.com

https://www.ibm.com/products/deep-archive 

References

1.     27PB , 10-year data retention, market pricing, $0.12 kWh, OCP Bryce Canyon 16TB HDD system with 5-year refresh.  Assumes energy supplied from natural gas power plants with 45% efficiency

2.     https://asset.fujifilm.com/www/us/files/2024-03/1cb09f4968e7adf72ce54d2ecfe2853b/Horison-Tape-New-Game-update-2024.pdf

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