Archive Video & Images to LTO Tape

Turnkey service for archiving video content onto LTO tapes - support for LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7, and LTO-8.  Ideal for the completed video project that needs to be backed up, and placed in storage on the chance that the content might be needed again in the future.  Overall, the archiving of video content represents the least expensive part of any video project, and yet it can be indispensable in certain situations.  LTO tape backup is inexpensive insurance against possible loss of one-of-a-kind content and provides peace of mind!

We can receive your digital files via shipment of your hard-drive(s) into Cintrex, or via your preferred Web transport service.   UPS shipping is free.  There is an option to add insurance for your inbound shipment.

Receive back from us your original storage media (if you sent in a hard-drive) and an archive copy of your digital files on your specified LTO tape format.  One (1) LTO-8 tape can store up to 12TB of video files.  LTO tapes have a 30 year shelf life.   Checksum and metadata reports on the completed project are available in CSV, PDF, and XML formats, and can be stored on the destination tape and or as a standalone file returned via the web.

Pricing:

• The archive rate is $40 per TB.  Minimum order is for 4 TB.   Volume discounts apply, the rate can go as low as $20 per TB.  Price includes content organization, barcodes, tape media, and Free round-trip UPS Ground shipping on orders valued at $100 or more.  

• 2nd Copy of LTO tape - Additional $25 per archived TB of content.

• Free UPS - free roundtrip shipment of your hard-drives into Cintrex and back to your premise (on orders valued at $100 or more).  If needed, there is an option for adding insurance coverage via UPS on inbound shipments.
• Inbound via Your Cloud Service - We can accept file transfers via your own web delivery services, bypassing inbound UPS shipment into our lab.  Limitations may apply regarding how much content we accept each day onto our system hard-drives.

LTO Tape format options

• LTFS - industry standard, using Imagine's myLTO or YoYotta LTFS.
  

• Safe Transport of your video assets - With your order in our web store, the process begins with shipment of your video files (assets) into Cintrex.  It is best practice to always have a duplicate copy of these video files in separate storage, as backup protection against possible loss or damage in shipment.  After placing an order in our web store, you will receive a URL link and instructions to print off a UPS label for attachment to package shipment into Cintrex AV.  Insurance coverage can be added to your shipment.  

• Alternative transport via Cloud/Web transport services - Use your preferred web or cloud based File Sharing/Transport service.

• We Follow Your Instructions - Please provide documentation on job scope - specifying your expected outcomes, naming conventions, organization, and information tagging of video files to be archived.

• Tape Formats - We archive digital video and image content onto LTO tapes (gen 5, 6, 7, and 8) using LTFS format commands from either myLTO (Imagine Products) or YoYotta LTFS.  Both formats provide inter-exchangeability between computers and tape drive platforms.  
  

• Turnaround - Average turnaround within our labs for this service is 1 day for each 4TB of video being archived.  This does not include shipment transit time.

• Our Process - Archive process includes inventory of contents upon receipt into our lab, review of customer provided instructions, organization of content to be archived, archiving to tape, verification of contents - matching source and destination files, cataloging contents placed on LTO tape, and capturing screen shots of tape file layout.

  

• Deliverables - You receive back the new LTO tape(s) with the archived video content, as well as, your orignal hard-drives and digital content.

• Payment - We charge your credit card when we have completed your order.  

• Options - Perm-a-store Turtle cases, starting at $55, are a great way to transport and store LTO tapes.  

• Benefit of the Service:  storage format used on the finished LTO tapes offers inter-exchangeability of LTO tapes for a community of end users or collaboration team.   We offer LTFS formatting for compatiblity with all brands of OS and tape drives.   The open formats of  LTFS formatted LTO tapes allow for, or enable, restoration of tape contents by a large community of other vendors and customer partners.

Other options to consider:

• conversion services available to migrate content from earlier generation LTO tapes to latest generation LTO-8 tape media;

• media conversion services available for digitizing broadcast tapes, such as U-Matic, Betacam series, DVCPRO, and DVCAM

• For custom quotes please call us at 800-325-9541.