Color Mill Counts on Cache-A Pro-Cache
To Archive Danny Boyle’s New Film, 127 Hours
"Digital archiving to LTO was a must for 127 Hours, and the Pro-Cache was the perfect solution. It was an essential part of our workflow and also met the dual needs of the studio and the bonding company. The Pro-Cache made it easy to get to LTO to ensure the security of the digital source masters and all of the postproduction work. At the same time, the bonding company felt safer and more at ease with digital because we archived on LTO, the same tape-based platform that banks use." – Russell Lasson
"We had to go to LTO; there was no question about it," said Russell Lasson. "LTO makes the content secure and accessible to them, and there really aren’t any other options. They need to have compatibility without having to rely on a company's proprietary software and whether or not they’re going to be around in 20 or 30 years when they might need to access the tape. 
The tape would be fine, but if you can’t find the software to restore it, then you’re in trouble. That's where LTO’s compatibility with tar is absolutely necessary.
"Labs are going to be mobile and much smaller, depending on the type of shoot," he continued. "Sending footage to L.A. for processing is not necessary anymore. And as cameras get more and more advanced, it’s going to become less and less essential that big facilities are needed to do a lot of that work. That’s where, for us, Cache-A’s Pro-Cache fits right in. It gives us all of the benefits of LTO."
"We also liked the Pro-Cache because it directly connected to our network and includes a built-in, searchable database with full archiving, not just backup, which makes it very easy to find material quickly," said David Cummins. "It’s also an excellent data management tool.
"The small form factor of the Cache-A appliance, combined with its affordability and value, offers a great advantage over expensive, heavy HD video tape machines," he continued. "It is a relatively inexpensive and simple process to archive RAW 4K, Cineform or ProRes files to an LTO-5 drive. You can’t say that about using an HD SR deck. In any case, the mass adoption of miniaturization in the consumer electronics market is now spilling into professional film and television production, and Cache-A technology plays very well in this space."
