Making The Grade With Video Archive

Scalar LTFS Provides Cost-Effective Backup for University’s Growing Video Library

Online courses, distance learning, and other video initiatives were swallowing more disk storage than Biola University’s IT budget could support. Looking for a more affordable option, the IT team graduated to tape archiving using Quantum’s Scalar® LTFS appliance.结果：Cost-effective storage made easy.

Too Much Data, Too High a Cost

Biola University is a private college serving more than 6,000 students in Southern California. To reach an even broader audience, Biola offers free content, extended courses, distance learning opportunities, and more. This outreach initiative has meant video. Lots and lots of video–5TB to 10TB of raw footage with an additional 5TB of edited files every semester.

根据系统管理主任Ben Wright的说法，储存所产生的视频量不仅变得正常成为行政头痛，而且是预算巴斯特。Biola需要一个容纳增长的存储解决方案，以及集中解决方案，因此营销部门可以自动管理存储，保护内容，并跟踪单个文件。

当Biola团队了解线性磁带文件系统（LTFS）技术时，他们很快就会实现它可以满足他们的需求。LTFS几乎允许使用磁带就像它是硬盘一样。可以轻松地从工作站或服务器拖放文件到磁带盒。用户可以使用标准操作系统目录（无需备份软件目录）查看已保存的文件列表，并使用Point-and键Restore。

Benefits: Simple Use, Lower Cost

在查看其他供应商后，Biola将Quantum Scrarar LTFS设备作为视频制作存储过程的Linchpin。LTFS将磁带存储作为另一个文件共享的能力显着简化了存储环境。IT组不必阶段数据;不需要特殊的客户软件;个人团体可以自我管理其存储需求。

In addition, Quantum’s Scalar LTFS appliance allows the university to leverage the overall IT infrastructure already in place. The LTFS appliance sits in front of Biola’s existing tape library, a Quantum Scalar i500, and enables individual drives to be assigned to remote LTFS access or traditional data backup.

根据Wright的说法，与亚搏官网app登录入口他们已经使用的公司一起使用，他们已经使用了其他备份任务。

“我们已经有磁带备份的量子产品，所以我们知道该公司很容易与坚固的产品携带，”赖特说。亚搏官网app登录入口