Crispin - Archive Manager

Crispin's ArchiveManager manages the storage of digital programs on a mix of RAID drives and DVD RAM cartridges for long-term storage. All archived material can be readily available for airing and dubbing. ArchiveManager is the only affordable system that's integrated with automation, and consequently, does not require "middle-ware" to manage the actual archive volumes. This feature simplifies the management and maintenance of the system which is important to small-market television stations.

ArchiveManager is available as a stand-alone unit with dual internal Blu-ray drives, or may be combined with external nearline redundant arrays of inexpensive disks (RAID), robotic libraries or network attached storage (NAS) systems. The Archive graphic user interface (GUI) provides a clear view of video server and archive content for quick drag and drop asset transfers. The GUI clearly shows media object detail as well as transfer requests and status messages.

There is no third-party software required to fully integrate ArchiveManager with most video servers or storage systems. It may be run independently or be fully integrated with Crispin’s total automation system. ArchiveManager provides a compact, economical way of extending
the storage of on-air video servers and protecting valuable assets.

The system is scalable in choice of functionality and storage media. Standard storage includes two Blu-ray drives or DVD-RAM drives. An integrated database allows fast lookup of assets and supports volume export for optical disk libraries. The system will prompt for insertion of the needed media and automatically restore the native format file back to the video server for play-to-air.

Archive Manager Key Features

• Handles volume size management and allows pre-assignment of media in pools for diff erent business units
• Internal Blu-ray drives use single-layer 25GB BD-R discs
• Manual operation with drag and drop and easy asset look-up with integrated database
• Content is stored in video server native format and includes all available metadata
• Clips are archived according to instruction and restored for air on playlist demand
• Interfaces to: Optical Libraries, RAID attached storage, NAS, Blu-ray, DVD-RAM
• Integrates with AssetBase and ClipCopX to provide a totally automatic system
• No encoding or decoding takes place during the archive or restore operations
• Media may be routinely and easily exported to shelf storage
• Disk-to-disk copy allows for off -site storage
• Does not require third party software