XOS Digital Deploys FileTek StorHouse

FileTek,
Inc., a provider of large-scale data management, storage
virtualization and active archive solutions, announced that XOS Digital, Inc., the provider of digital asset
management solutions, facility design/integration services, and digital
coaching technologies for collegiate and professional sports organizations,
deployed StorHouse for Media and Entertainment as the production, backup, and
archive repository for its footage of football and basketball media.

XOS Digital utilizes footage stored in this repository for offerings such as
licensable content, scouting video and highlight video for Web, Mobile and
Connected-TV.

XOS Digital chose FileTek over other big
data storage vendors because StorHouse provides an all-in-one
production, backup, and archive solution on a single platform. XOS Digital
transfers sports video to the StorHouse file system server disk layer for
optimum retrieval performance. Once data is loaded to disk, it creates a
backup copy on tape for immediate recovery/access if a disk drive should fail
and for long-term content protection, availability, and accessibility. A
secondary copy of the video is also made to another tape, which is then stored
off site for DR.

Because of this service approach to
data management, XOS can retrieve any game or video in their multi-year
repository.

Pete Balkus, SVP product development, IT
and operations, at XOS Digital, remarked: "We chose StorHouse because it satisfies all our data storage, access
and management needs. We can maintain current data on our SAN for fast access
while seamlessly creating a backup copy on tape for immediate access should the
need arise – all without IT intervention. StorHouse automation saves us backup
cycles, eliminates the need to restore backup data from tape to disk prior to
access, and reduces the number of routine system administration tasks – all
while protecting our valuable digital assets for future generations to
research, study, and enjoy."

StorHouse for Media and Entertainment is
large-scale storage virtualization and data management software designed to
store, access, back up, and protect very large volumes of new digital content
and converted analog content generated by scalable and dynamic
digital applications. As a hardware-independent, multi-functional software
platform, StorHouse blends disk and tape as part of a scaled-out NAS
environment while providing an intelligent a data management strategy
for big data. Because StorHouse abstracts hardware, users see a single unified
global namespace rather than specific device types so that SSD, JBOD, RAID,
MAID, and tape, including LTO varieties, all look like one unlimited storage
pool. In addition, by storing data in native rather than proprietary file format, it eliminates the need for formal restore procedures. Instead, users
have self-service access to StorHouse-managed data at any time without IT
intervention. No application interfaces or changes to existing applications are
required.

As a full-service production solution,
StorHouse for Media and Entertainment provides data assurance and access at the
lowest possible cost per TB of storage. Customers use it daily to overcome pre-
and post-production challenges such as rapid video ingest/retrieval;
high-performance content sharing by diverse transcoders/editors; and export,
backup, and long-term preservation of raw, edited, and master digital content.

Gary Szukalski, president of FileTek,
commented: "The StorHouse deployment
at XOS Digital is another example of how StorHouse for Media and Entertainment
can simplify managing the growing volume of digital data and converted analog
content generated by the media and entertainment industry. StorHouse is
cost-effective production software that simultaneously backs up and archives
data on a single platform. It is a proven system that ensures long-term data
integrity and ‘online, in time, every time’ access to all digital
content."