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 serving the professional video production and animation community since 1987

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Nervous about archiving on disk drives? You should be! Many video professionals archiving on hard disks longer than 3-5 years have permanently lost content.
Visit Cache-A at NAB booth # 8209 >.
 
 
network and direct attached archive appliances
  • Metadata content aware
    • Embedded support within the directories for extended media metadata
    • Add user metadata for every file, directory and tape
  • Cache-A Archive Appliances provide the most integrated networked archiving solution in post
    • Works with Macs, PCs and Linux/Unix Machines
    • Solutions with Avid and Final Cut Pro
    • Solutions with Apple's Final Cut Server, Square Box's CatDV, R3Data Manager, Imagine's HD Log and Shot Put, Marquis' Parking, and more...
  • Archiving made easy with Cache-A Archive Appliances
    • Application independent - no special software needed
    • Easy to deploy - plug and play on any network
    • Self-contained appliance is a complete solution
  • Direct connect compatibility with the industry’s most used media devices:
    • Works with P2 cards and P2 devices
    • Works with SxS cards and EX devices
    • Works with CF cards and Red devices
  • Archive Source Masters of Field Footage
    • Cache-A archive appliances are compact, self-contained and easy to operate — on a network or stand-alone in the field
    • Ingest footage to our disk share and archive-to-tape happens automatically in the background
  • Archive Complete Projects in the Edit Suite
    • Project files, Graphics, Footage, Stills, Shot Lists — all your data can all be saved in one place
    • Multiple versions of your projects and content can all be placed on the same tape
  • Interchange Content on Cache-A Tapes
    • Because Cache-A tapes have a directory on each tape, they are “self-describing” letting any Cache-A system see what is on any Cache-A tape
    • Cache-A tapes are written with standard “tar” format and your data can be restored by anyone with an appropriate generation LTO drive anywhere
    • LTO-4 tapes cost about 5¢ per GB and provide 30 Year “IT industry” archival life (LTO-5 tapes around 8¢ per GB at this time)
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