The Ark Post Production Deploys Quantum Lattus

Quantum Corporation announced that The Ark Post Production Ltd
has implemented its Lattus-M object storage and StorNext appliances to
manage, share and preserve its volumes of digital assets and provide an end-to-end media workflow.

Established in 2002, The Ark is a London’s post-production
facilities with two sites in SoHo that manage the duplication, conversion,
encoding, transcoding and editing of digital media.

Faced with tightening production deadlines and growing amounts of media content
to manage in various formats, such as 2K, 4K, HD and SD, The Ark required a
solution capable of handling a multi-petabytre archive of digital assets while also
providing self-healing, self-protection and fast retrieval times. Additionally,
content creators and video editors needed to access and share content across editing and VFX applications, such as Final Cut Pro and Avid Media
Composer, where each toolset is supported by different OSs.

Working with the experts at CCK Media Technologies, a UK-based Quantum certified
reseller, for product selection and installation, The Ark chose StorNext and
Lattus products throughout its end-to-end digital content workflow, including:

• Lattus-M, which integrates object storage technology with
  StorNext Storage Manager in a durable, scalable and efficient disk-based
  archive and enables policy-based movement of content and rapid retrieval of
  archives at nearline speeds. Lattus-M also offers greater durability than
  traditional RAID offerings, including true self-healing and self-protection
  capabilities, and enables automatic multi-site protection without the need for replication.
  The result is a highly resilient, disaster-tolerant, scalable archival
  repository that doesn’t need to be backed up;
• StorNext M660 which delivers the high performance and flexibility of the
  StorNext File System in a pre-configured metadata appliance that enables
  collaboration across the entire workflow from ingest to delivery and archive;
  and
• StorNext QD6000 disk array, providing high-performance primary online storage
  optimized for StorNext environments.

Brendan O’Reilly, CEO, The Ark, said: "We pride ourselves on our QoS, communication
with clients and our quick turnaround. After evaluating several object storage
solutions, we found that Quantum’s Lattus combined with StorNext were unmatched
in the industry by giving us the infrastructure that integrated seamlessly into
our workflow and even enhanced it for greater access speed and robust content
preservation."

Ewan Johnston, area VP, EMEA big data, Quantum, said: "Our StorNext technology has long helped
media and entertainment companies manage the retention of massive amounts of
content through a policy-based tiering engine. The Ark is a perfect example of
a leading post production facility using advanced software editing tools and
techniques that require reliable access to their digital archives in a timely
manner. The integration of StorNext with next-generation object storage in our
new Lattus-M strikes the right balance to enable nearline access to a content
repository in an extremely durable, highly scalable and cost-effective
disk-based offering."