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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 10 | October 2015

InTech

Servers, Storage & Archiving
Seagate's
LaCie 8big Rack

and asset management. Offered as
an alternative to the Avid ISIS 1000, it
is claimed to provide higher streaming
speeds, storage capacity, scalability
and connectivity and lower price.
Platform Online 1000 has single node
capacity of up to 96 terabytes and can
be expanded to multiple petabytes
with additional nodes. The 1000 also
has two 5.25 inch drive bays that can
be optionally filled with LTO drives,
drive swaps, card readers or a 4TB
SSD RAID for use as an additional high
speed scratch drive.
SGL introduced at IBC 2015
FlashPack, described as a complete
storage and content management
system with all the features required

for a fully integrated,
infinitely scalable media
archive. Implementation
is completed remotely,
linking FlashPack
to the user's
MAM system.
Sony's ODSD55U
optical disc archive
is intended to provide
long-term
digital
data
preservation and management of
media assets in a way that is simple
and affordable. It comprises a drive
unit and cartridge housing 12 optical
discs. The drive comes with a USB
interface and a 300 gigabyte cartridge
(ODC-300RE). It is compatible with
Microsoft Windows PC and Apple
Macintosh platforms. Users can drag
and drop files directly to the cartridge.
The supplied Content Manager's three
main functions are: browse, search
and archive.
Spectra Logic is now taking orders
for Spectra tape libraries configured
with Linear Tape-Open Generation,
claimed to result in the most costefficient storage density available.

Once launched, Spectra Logic will ship
its entire tape library line, including
TFinity and T950, with LTO-7 tape
technology.
XenData
recently
introduced
the X2500-USB, an LTO-6 archive
that connects to notebooks and
workstations via USB 3.0. It includes
an external LTO-6 drive and XenData6
workstation management software,
and is intended for storing video, audio
and image files on high capacity LTO
cartridges. The software runs on 64 bit
Microsoft Windows 7 and 8.1. For Apple
Mac users, the archive is compatible
with both Boot Camp and VM Fusion.
All file archive and restore operations

cont'd...

can be performed via copy and paste
or drag and drop. The archive is
compatible with 2.5 TB LTO-6 and 1.5
TB LTO-5 cartridges and saves files to
LTO using either LTFS or TAR formats.
When formatting an individual LTO
cartridge, the administrator selects
either TAR or LTFS to define how files
are written within that LTO cartridge.
The system can manage an unlimited
number of external LTO cartridges and
helps keep track of cartridge content
inserted into the USB LTO drive,
allowing users to browse and search
content.

Sony's ODSD55U optical
disc archive

SBC Upgrades Saudi National
Audio Archives To NETIA
Radio-Assist 8.2
Riyadh
TV Tower

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ETIA has announced that Saudi
Broadcasting Corporation (SBC)
has upgraded the NETIA Radio-Assist
radio automation suite used by the
kingdom's national audio archives.
SBC is a governmental entity of Saudi
Arabia, organised under the Ministry of
Culture and Information.
SBC worked with NETIA's area
partner, First Gulf Company, to
upgrade its existing systems to RadioAssist 8.2 and to leverage the software
to facilitate the smooth exchange of
content between the national archives
facility and SBC's two flagship radio
stations, Radio Riyadh and Radio
Jeddah.
"We have developed a strong
relationship with NETIA and a
familiarity with the company's

automation software that give us
confidence in using Radio-Assist to
enable ongoing expansion of Saudi
Arabia's digital media archives," said
Naim Saidi, CEO at First Gulf Company.
"With this latest extension of NETIA
software, we have improved the ease
and speed with which various SBC
sites can access and work with media.
Convenient sharing of assets across
these sites ultimately will enable SBC
to be more efficient in preserving
and repurposing unique media assets
reflecting the kingdom's rich heritage."
SBC began working with NETIA in
2008, when it worked with First Gulf
Company to install Radio-Assist at
Radio Riyadh and Radio Jeddah, as
well as at the national archives. The
installation supported the migration

of archived tapes
to digital and, in
turn,
facilitated
the
restoration,
preservation,
and
repurposing
of
historical
assets
that might otherwise
have been lost.
In 2012, the two
companies deployed
the NETIA radio
automation suite at three additional
regional sites: Jizan, Hail, and Tabuk.
Now, with the upgrade to RadioAssist 8.2, SBC and First Gulf
Company have integrated the NETIA
software with a new HSM system and
management interface to centralise
audio and video assets, and make

them available to
users working at the
national
archives,
Radio Riyadh, and
Radio Jeddah.
"Through
the
evolution of its
digital
archives
and the software
supporting it, SBC is
creating a valuable
and readily available
historical resource for the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia," said Mathieu Poussin,
Area Sales Manager, Middle East and
Africa, at NETIA. "We look forward to
working further with SBC and First
Gulf in optimising, centralising, and
managing Saudi Arabia's audiovisual
assets on a nationwide level."
http://www.inbroadcast.com http://www.lacie.com/gb/en/products/raid/8big-rack-thunderbolt-2-ec/ http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/product/archiving-storage-oda-stand-alone-drive/ods-d55u/overview/ http://www.netia.com/index.php/en/radio-assist-8-2-new-features-radio-automation
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