Daai TV, a private TV channel in Indonesia, has implemented Etere HSM for complete end-to-end archive management, using a mix of technologies, such as Linear Tape-Open (LTO), disk and cloud, in the same archive.
Etere HSM is Microsoft Windows-based, and can interface with all library or tape drives that are compatible with MS Windows. Offering a single view of a multi-library environment, it can manage different libraries located in different places as a single logical entity.
For the project's initial phase, Etere HSM was asked to manage Daai TV's archive system of more than 400 LTO4 tapes online; and in the second phase, Etere Disklibrary was set up for fast retrievals, managing more than 1 PB (petabyte) of information.
Subsequently, a third phase of archiving to the cloud was set up to store essential media information as well as to enhance production, playout, and distribution efficiencies. Etere HSM effectively manages all archives in an integrated environment that can be upgraded and scaled easily in the face of dynamic business needs.
Etere HSM also provides a centralised dashboard for managing all archives in a single integrated environment and supports a mix of proprietary and industry file systems — including LTO storage, Sony Optical Disc Archive (ODA) storage, Disk Archive, Object Storage and Cloud Storage.
The dashboard provides all information for on-site archives across multiple geographic locations. The flexible characteristics of Etere HSM enable users to mix different archive technologies and manage them with a single software.
Besides bringing faster retrieval capabilities, Etere HSM has allowed Daai TV to deliver content to market quickly, and transformed the Daai TV system into a future-ready archive centre for future challenges.