Re: [CODE4LIB] Using AWS to store TBs of digital video?

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 2:24 PM, Tom Hutchinson wrote: > > It may make sense to take a hybrid approach. You could store locally > and put a copy in the dark cloud for safekeeping. If you are only > going to have one copy, a reputable cloud storage provider isn't a bad >

Re: [CODE4LIB] Using AWS to store TBs of digital video?

Hi, Kyle – I would echo the sentiment to put a copy in the dark cloud (e.g. Amazon Glacier). Last time I checked Oracle had the cheapest dark cloud. Go with whatever is cheap and have a plan to pull out when pricing changes. There is a dizzying array of local storage options. For data this size

Re: [CODE4LIB] Using AWS to store TBs of digital video?

1. A combination of both. Around 60TB already digitized, with over 100TB more footage still in analog form. 2. Portable hard drives, a RAID, a Mac Pro tower. 3. No, we do not have a digitization workflow defined yet. 4. Define "quick access." I think that we do want "quick access" unless we

Re: [CODE4LIB] Using AWS to store TBs of digital video?

Hello Kyle, The short answer is AWS and other cloud services are Ideal for backing up many TB of media like video. Netflix started their hosting in AWS for instance. A few questions: 1. When you say you have 200TB that you would like to digitize are these analog tapes to be digitized and