Deluxe Digital Selects Spectra Logic and Atempo

Spectra Logic Corp. announced that Deluxe Digital, a post-production and
distribution provider, has selected the Spectra Logic T950 tape library with
LTO-5 drives to archive over 10TB of film footage processed every day.

In an Active Archive configuration, feature film
footage can be restored into Digital Deluxe’s production environment for
foreign versioning and subtitling. Deluxe Digital’s Active Archive environment
allows data to be moved between Digital Deluxe’s SGI disk-based arrays and the
T950 library using Atempo’s Time
Navigator software. Footage is kept in the Active Archive format for 12
months as standard before the tapes are taken out of the archive and moved to
secure off-site storage.

"Feature film foreign versioning and subtitling for theatrical
distribution are key, specialised services for Deluxe Digital London and have been ever since the two
concepts evolved," said Chris Green, Production Systems Engineer,
Deluxe Digital. "As the world leader
in both these areas, with clients from major Hollywood
studios to territory-based distributors, we rely on best of breed technology to
ensure our continued leadership. Spectra Logic gives us the most cost
effective, secure and efficient means of safeguarding our clients’ digital
assets and ensuring they are readily available for valuable versioning and
subtitling projects. Being based in Soho, London, floor space was also a major
factor in our decision to select Spectra Logic: the massive density of the T950
and LTO-5 format means we have increased our capacity while making significant
space savings compared with our previous Storagetek library, which was so huge
we needed to remove windows to allow a crane to winch it into our offices."

"Spectra Logic’s continued technological innovation, coupled with our
strategic partnerships with the likes of other industry leaders such as SGI and
Atempo allows us to deliver powerful content Storage Solutions to media and
entertainment customers," said Hossein ZiaShakeri, senior vice president
of business development and alliances, Spectra Logic. "It’s gratifying to see our technology being
used by Deluxe Digital in post-production work on some of the most high profile
films in recent years, including the Harry Potter franchise and Avatar.”