How is data stored and accessed in the entertainment industry?
TC: This industry is focused on production and distribution of digital content. The value of the information decreases rapidly over time. IT organizations use a tiered storage strategy, migrating data down a chain from online to in-line to near-line to archive over a 180-day period. Figure 2 shows the digital content life cycle in production and distribution. Figure 2 Annual Capacity Growth Projections vs. Operation With Digital Preservation Source: Tom Coughlin MF: Does it make sense to watch the entertainment industry down the road? TC: Absolutely. We see no slack in the demand for data/disk storage through at least 2010. We see an ever-increasing number of digital content preservation applications driving an explosion of storage. In fact, by 2007, disk storage totals will approach 500 PB, with almost 200 PB networked. Figure 3 shows more detail.
