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Guide to Cloud Egress Costs for Media Archive Decisions
7 min
Cloud and Hybrid

Guide to Cloud Egress Costs for Media Archive Decisions

What cloud egress is, the four ways providers charge for it, and what AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Backblaze, Wasabi, Cloudflare R2, and Aspera actually cost when media leaves the bucket.

Thunderbolt 4 vs PCIe Storage for Single-Editor Setups
9 min
Hardware

Thunderbolt 4 vs PCIe Storage for Single-Editor Setups

Compare Thunderbolt 4 and internal PCIe NVMe storage for single-editor workflows, including real throughput limits, when external SSDs are enough, and when PCIe is worth it.

Guide to Building Portable Edit Suites for On-Location Work
10 min
Hardware

Guide to Building Portable Edit Suites for On-Location Work

Learn how to build an airline-friendly portable edit suite with the right laptop, verified storage, backups, monitoring, power, and handoff workflow for location work.

How to Deliver Multi-Terabyte Projects Over the Internet
10 min
File Transfer

How to Deliver Multi-Terabyte Projects Over the Internet

Learn how to move multi-terabyte media projects online with chunking, resumable transfers, checksum verification, time estimates, and drive shipping decisions.

How to Set Up Network Security for Post-Production
10 min
Security and Access

How to Set Up Network Security for Post-Production

Learn how to secure post-production networks with segmentation, role-based access, remote access controls, monitoring, threat detection, and incident response.

How to Set Up Storage Usage Reports and Capacity Alerts
9 min
Data Management

How to Set Up Storage Usage Reports and Capacity Alerts

Learn how to monitor media storage usage, set warning and critical capacity alerts, forecast growth, and route clear reports to the right post production teams.

Cloud vs On-Prem Media Workflows: When to Move Footage
10 min
Cloud and Hybrid

Cloud vs On-Prem Media Workflows: When to Move Footage

Decide when to keep media on-prem, move it to cloud, or split the workflow, with guidance on timing, data volume, cost modeling, verification, and hybrid handoffs.

Cloud vs On-Prem Post Infrastructure Cost Modeling Guide
8 min
Cloud and Hybrid

Cloud vs On-Prem Post Infrastructure Cost Modeling Guide

Learn how to compare cloud and on-prem post costs by modeling real workflows, TCO, project cloud spend, break-even points, data movement, and hybrid workload fit.

How to Reduce Latency in Cloud-Hosted Editing Sessions
11 min
Cloud and Hybrid

How to Reduce Latency in Cloud-Hosted Editing Sessions

Learn how to reduce lag in cloud editing by placing workstations near editors, tuning streams, caching active media, using proxies, and setting realistic workflow expectations.

How to Build an FFmpeg Transcode Server with Watchfolders
9 min
Transcoding and Encoding

How to Build an FFmpeg Transcode Server with Watchfolders

Learn how to build a reliable FFmpeg watchfolder server for proxies, review files, and mezzanine transcodes with presets, logging, error handling, and load monitoring.

How to Send Large Files to Non-Technical Clients
10 min
File Transfer

How to Send Large Files to Non-Technical Clients

Learn how to send large media files to non-technical clients with browser links, expiration controls, security options, split packages, and fallback delivery methods.

How to Automate LTO Tape Catalogs with Open-Source Tools
9 min
Data Management

How to Automate LTO Tape Catalogs with Open-Source Tools

Learn how to automate searchable LTO tape catalogs with LTFS, open-source tools, indexes, checksums, and a database so teams can find and restore media offline.

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