Active Data Archival
Active Data Archival
Object storage platforms are ideal for creating actionable data archives. Extensive metadata capabilities directly expose valuable information about your data, enabling you to dynamically catalog and search content in a variety of ways.
Establishing an environment where legacy systems can easily deposit content into the object store and expose metadata is a challenge. Modifying existing systems to utilize the object store API requires careful preparation. Developer time is required to code against the API. IT time is required to adapt existing workflows. Each application interfacing with the new code must be configured and tested for compatibility.
The Maldivica Storage Connector allows you to easily transfer archive data from existing platforms using NFS or CIFS directly to the object store for permanent and accessible storage without any development time.
Maldivica Storage Connector with a Digital Archive
Digital assets can be tagged with extensive information in an object store. Search capabilities built on top of the platform dramatically simplify and accelerate retrieval of specific content by using these tags. Metadata may be searched and referenced directly without accessing the data files, saving time and network resources. However, creating the tags for these assets can be a tedious, time-consuming process, particularly when much of the important information is already available in the existing file.
The Maldivica Storage Connector has a powerful built-in metadata extractor for a variety of digital formats providing automatic meta-tag creation for attributes like author, title, location etc. Supported formats can be automatically parsed with the metadata extracted and added as metatag attributes. Combining Maldivica with object storage provides a scalable, economical way of creating active and usable archives.
Sample Metatag Information with Maldivica
Word Document: Power of Metadata_v020312.docx
| File System Info | Object Store Info (processed by Maldivica) |
|---|---|
| Name: Power of Metadata_v020312.docx Kind: Microsoft Word document Size: 43 KB Created: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 4:10 PM Modified: Friday, February 3, 2012 1:49 PM Last Opened: Friday, February 3, 2012 1:49 PM |
Object: Power of Metadata_v020312.docx Application-Name: Microsoft Macintosh Word Application-Version: 14.0000 Author: Joe Smith Category: Whitepaper Character Count: 7194 Character-Count-With-Spaces: 8350 Content-Length: 42612 Creation-Date: 2011-10-05T16:10:00Z Keywords: metadata, search, index Last-Author: Jane Thomas Last-Modified: 2012-02-03T13:49:00Z Line-Count: 359 Manager: John Doe Page-Count: 5 Paragraph-Count: 149 Revision-Number: 6 Total-Time: 986 Word-Count: 1305 Publisher: Maldivica Inc. Subject: Metadata extraction Title: Power of Metadata |
Image File: P6280566.JPG
| File System Info | Object Store Info (processed by Maldivica) |
|---|---|
| Name: P6280566.JPG Kind: JPEG image Size: 1.3 MB Created: Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:32 PM Modified: Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:32 PM Last Opened: Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:32 PM Dimensions: 3072 x 2304 |
Object: P6280566.JPG Content-Length: 1329702 Content-Type: image/jpeg Data Precision: 8 bits Date/Time: 2009:06:28 14:32:39 Digital Zoom Ratio: 1 Exposure Bias Value: 0 EV Exposure Mode: Auto exposure Exposure Program: Program creative (slow program) Exposure Time: 0.02 sec Flash: Flash did not fire, auto FlashPix Version: 1.00 Focal Length: 9.13 mm GPS Altitude: 201 metres GPS Altitude Ref: Sea level GPS Latitude: 64"19'38.676 GPS Latitude Ref: N GPS Longitude: 20"7'26.796 GPS Longitude Ref: W ISO Speed Ratings: 80 Image Height: 2304 pixels Image Width: 3072 pixels Make: RICOH Max Aperture Value: F3.5 Metering Mode: Multi-segment Model: Caplio 500SE Orientation: Top, left side (Horizontal / normal) Resolution Unit: Inch Scene Capture Type: Landscape White Balance: Auto white balance |
