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Storage Trends and Trivia
A summary of storage technology and trivia gathered at the recent Storage Visions Conference 2013 in Las Vegas. Continue reading
Hard Drive Basics – Collected Articles
A collection of hard drive basics. Continue reading
Sal Guarisco: Install an LTO Drive
Here’s the gear you need to build your own media archiving solution. Continue reading
RAIDs, SSDs, iCLOUD & Performance
This article explains RAIDs, SSDs, The Cloud, and how to use them to improve performance. Continue reading
HARDWARE REVIEW: RAIDAGE Trayless RAID
A hardware review of the RAIDAGE GAGE104U40 series 4-bay RAID, manufactured by iStarUSA. Continue reading
Reader Mail: Archive to LTO
Sal Guarnisco contributes a personal story on how he configured an LTO-5 tape drive to work with his Mac Pro for media archiving. Continue reading
Frustrated? HP Responds
A few days ago I wrote about my frustrations in finding archiving solutions. The next day, I had a long phone conversation with the executive team at Cache-A plus a long email from HP. Continue reading
An Exercise In Frustration
I’ve become increasingly concerned as I talk with producers, editors, and vendors that we are rapidly moving into a tapeless environment without any realistically priced options for long-term media archiving. Continue reading
Pick The Right Video Archive Format
Cheryl Foster sent me an email recently asking about archiving. Continue reading
A Quick Note on Archiving
I am advocating LTO-5 tape drives for archive and backup of our Final Cut Pro media. However, I still have not gotten this unit to work on my MacPro. Continue reading
Selecting The Best Storage
Although there’s no universal answer for this question, in this article we look at what RAID system or otherwise, that I personally recommend using for various types of video editing. Continue reading
Hardware Review: iStoragePro Tower 8 RAID
Here’s a product review of the iStoragePro; a RAID with a rocket attached to it. Continue reading
