When organizations are faced with the challenge of migrating a large volume of data, there are many considerations that have to be taken into account. It may not be as simple a problem to solve as you might think. Many questions need to be answered to figure out the best way forward.
Open-source microservices for GPU-accelerated processing of UHD/WCG material
Richard Cartwright (CTO, Streampunk Media Ltd) discusses the software-only approach in comparison to other methods; describes an initial set of open-source microservices for common colorspace transformations, sizing, mixing and compositing; and more.
Has Storage got too Complex?
Written by IABM CTO Stan Moote This article originally appeared in the IBC 2016 Daily Storage for video production used to be simple - you picked the video camera you could afford, and the camera choice often dictated the videotape format you would use. Perhaps this seemed simple however tape operations are definitely time-consuming, expensive and inflexible. [bctt tweet="Storage for video production used to be simple - you picked the video camera you could afford, and the camera choice often dictated the videotape format you would use - Has Storage got too Complex? - Stan moote, IABM"] Adding scale There are many reasons for file-based workflows to have completely taken over media creation and distribution, but the nature of linear videotapes as a storage medium isn’t usually thought of as the primary one. The issue was scale: you could only produce as much as you had edit bays and dedicated VTRs available to you, and adding or upgrading a bay was a time- and capital-intensive proposition. The first file-based workflows emulated the existing VTR model, with dedicated islands of storage purchased in “number of hours of SD or HD”. Subsequent generations of pure file-based systems realized that network-attached storage could...
