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P2 archiving?
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Hmm, that iomega product seems to be the best solution I’ve seen yet.
It reminds me when we used to pass files between our motion graphics guy and our edit shop, pre-firewire drives.
Good show Ivan.
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Jeremy,
[JeremyG] “Hmm, that iomega product seems to be the best solution I’ve seen yet.”
Yes, Ivan has obviously been looking at the GrassValley Infinity like I have, but I didn’t make the connection between what it uses and a way to deal with the transportability and backup problems that I have with the HVX200 P2 cost and workflow. This might do the trick.
BTW, I don’t think we’d have to wait for Rev Pro. I’m pretty sure that standard Rev which is already out has the same capacity and speed as Rev Pro. Rev Pro has some onboard browser and editing software and extra armoring of the cartridge. Standard Rev 1394 drives can be purchased in the US for just a little more than $250 and the Cartridges are about $40 each in packs of 4, not much more than DVCPro100HD tape.
Ron Shook
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There is good article about iomega Rev on https://broadcastengineering.com
From main page go search Iomega.
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Another possibility is LTO3 (like ultrium) 400GB to $100 tape.
And why not to use xdcam’s technology: PD data drive and disks.
More reliable than brd/hd-dvd for archiving and much more reliable than hdd archiving.
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And ultrium’s datarate is over 200Mbps…
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[toke lahti] “so how long shelf life iomega promises?”
According to the iomega website…30 years. Plenty of time to get through a normal project.
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[JeremyG] “Plenty of time to get through a normal project.”
Ok, 30 years is quite impressive if it’s somewhere near truth.
Even cd-r’s are not considered to last more than 20 years in archiving.
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I guess I was thinking as using this format as a transfer medium between the d.p., the edit house, the graphics shop, and perhaps the client to take with them at the end of a shoot rather than a permanent storage solution. I’d much rather send off a couple of $40 cartridges than a $2000 p2 card or four.
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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 5.02 <> Kona 2ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre
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Beside there will be further development in near future, so you don’t have to worry about 30 years.
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Just out of curiosity, how many of us has been marking the writedate to all burned cd’s last ten years and then begun to refresh his/her piles and shelfs of cd’s?
Did somebody compiled many cd’s to one dvd?
Or just made duplicate cd’s?
Is it easy or pain in the *ss?
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