According to the company, Atempo Digital Archive (ADA) helps the automated and end-user triggered movement of data from primary disk onto archival media, saving on storage costs and protecting digital assets for long-term retention.
New features in ADA for Mac include the ability to archive data from an Apple Xserve, and the ability for end-users to install an ADA Client Interface, helping individuals manage the archive of their digital assets. This function enables users to drag-and-drop files from their primary location directly into the archives. In addition, Mac users now have the advantage of ADA’s other distinctive features, including de-duplication, full content indexing and search, and Atempo Meter Utility, a tool that identifies inactive, fixed content data ready for archive.
The company claims that ADA’s integration with Final Cut Server also marks an important step in serving data-intensive media and entertainment markets. The media asset management and workflow automation software is widely-used in this Mac-heavy industry, but by itself can only archive data to a very limited set of disk devices. With its integration with ADA, users can enable the storage of fixed-content media assets stored in Final Cut Server into a wide number of long-term storage devices. The archived assets are displayed in Final Cut Server and marked with a specific icon to ensure easy retrieval and quick restoration.
