P2 card vs Tape

[ImpossibleBishop]

I have a $60K Rimage with a custom built-in Blue-Ray P2 archiving solution.

Never used it. We still archive to VXA tapes.

PS: We had used the Archiving to DVD prior to tape and it just wasn't practical.

$60k? I'm curious as to how that one works...

RE: the Archiving to DVD, yes, completely impractical. But with the storage options for Blu-ray it doesn't seem nearly as impractical as DVD. The amount of data that can be saved on a blu-ray while still maintaining the orginal architecture of the card for at most a buck a gig seems like a no brainer. It's like shelving a p2 card at a fraction of the cost.

 

[mikkowilson]

32BG P2 card doesn't fit onto a 25GB BD, nor is it an efficient use of a 50GB BD either.

And with 64GB P2 cards, BD is no longer an option at all.


Scalable storage with minimal waste is the way to go.

- Mikko

 

[emretufekci]

Scalable storage with minimal waste is the way to go.

- Mikko

Which is my point, thats why we dont use Blu-Ray to archive. All content is moved to 1.5TB individual Raid 1 Drives, mirrored to 10 (160GB) VXA tapes.

The software checks everyday for updates and records to data tapes as content is added.

The upgrade I mentioned will replace the current VXA workflow with a 100 tape 320GB LTO system which will be fully automated.