UCLA Athletics Selects StorageDNA Archive Workflow

StorageDNA, Inc. announced that DNA Evolution was selected as the archive and retrieval workflow solution for UCLA Athletics‘ Video Operations Department.

UCLA Athletics chose the LTO-5, LTFS workflow solution because it supports their migration to tapeless acquisition and helps them reduce SAN storage costs. DNA Evolution protects their critical media assets and allows them to find and restore their content when they need it for projects.

The UCLA athletic program now records more footage on chips than on tape, and wanted to avoid another costly mistake after they lost an unsalvageable drive with irreplaceable footage.

"Having high-value content stored on FireWire drives made us very nervous. Our reseller, Key Code Media, recommended the technology to us as a cost-effective, yet reliable LTO-5 archive and retrieval solution," said Ken Norris, director of video operations for UCLA Athletics. "We liked how StorageDNA uses LTFS technology and provides more robust tools than Explorer or Finder to access our footage. Our overall cost to archive on an LTO-5 tape, with a 30-year shelf-life, is now less than $.05/GB."

"Prior to integrating DNA Evolution, we experienced a catastrophic failure. Now we take comfort in knowing that our content is protected, and we can easily access and restore our assets whenever we need to," added Norris. "DNA Evolution has extended the life of our existing SAN, and we now have an efficient, automated archive workflow without having to rely on staff to remember to backup footage. This technology helps us solve our challenges with file-based content acquisition, and has integrated seamlessly with our XOS Digital video platform."