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Data Management

It's the art of backing up, organising, and protecting film materials from data loss, corruption, theft, and hardware failure. This is all done using established processes backed by battle hardened mathematical functions.Throughout the whole production process, we're a Producer's best friend. We protect their product, every step of the way. We keep it backed up and available when it needs to be. We ensure it's never lost.We achieve all because we have years upon years of industry expertise in Cybersecurity, computer storage solutions, networking, programming, databases, and more. We're computer nerds who love film productions and protecting their work.

Serious
Business

We take this very seriously:

  • We test every SSD before using them to protect your data

  • We test our workflows before we're on-set and when we arrive

  • We test your camera mags before you start filming

  • We keep your loaded SSDs in a tough security box that's padlocked - BETWEEN wrangles!

  • We do everything possible to protect your data, in some cases by getting a copy off-site ASAP

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What We Do

Wrangling

  • On-set wrangling using ShotPut Studio

  • ShotPut Studio Automation pipelines for cascading to slower drives and/or to an S3 compatible storage API (AWS S3, Backblaze, MinIO, etc.)

  • We can advise on the best production SSDs to use, source them, test them, and deliver them on the day

  • We can handle one split in the day, or multiple

  • We can organise the files however you want, or just use industry standards

Storage
/Transport

  • We keep a copy of your production data on our drive(s) so you have an offsite backup

  • We can push your backups to long term, accessible storage across two Network Attached Storage arrays split between two buildings

  • We can transport your data between sets, editors, production companies, or anywhere else you need

Hourlies/Dailies

  • We can produce 720p/1080p hourlies or dailies from your rushes

  • We can produce stills for continuity checks throughout the day

  • We can apply a LUT to another of the above

  • All of these can be uploaded to a remote storage solution on-set due to their reduced sizes

BTS

  • Near real-time updates to your social accounts with stills and shorts compiled from rushes/hourlies/dailies

  • Extra BTS coverage whilst we're not wrangling or assisting on-set in other ways

Proxies

  • We can produce proxies to make editing easier later on

  • We can do this in a variety of formats to suit your needs

Tech + Skill Stack

Macs

  • Again, only the best will do

  • We use a MacBook Air for small productions along with a Thunderbolt 4 dock for wrangling to 3xSSDs at once

  • We use a Mac Studio M4 Max for more demanding workflows and sets

ShotPut Studio

  • Only the best will do

  • Industry standards are important, and SPS has them all

  • High grade, industry tested xxHASH64 hashing verifies your production backups are mathematically verifiably perfect copies

  • Tested and proven automation pipelines to ensure backups, reports, hourlies/dailies, and proxies are all generated perfectly every time

Storage

  • We use SanDisk Extreme and Samsung T7/T9s as our storage solutions

  • We use custom TrueNAS builds as well as Synology for our long term NAS solution

  • We can use Backblaze B2 for remote, limitless object storage should you want deep archives of your work

Power

  • We use EcoFlow River 3 Plus for our redundant power solution

  • We're able to still wrangle on-set even if there's no power

  • The EcoFlow also provides protection against sudden AC power loss with its <10ms response time

(Cyber)Security

  • We've been protecting data for decades, from lawyers to governments; startups to global enterprises

  • We understand hashing, encryption, programming, networking, databases, and more

  • We ensure the CIA triad - Confidentiality/Integrity/Availability - is applied to your production data

  • We take this very seriously

  • We use a tactical security case, complete with pad lock, to ensure your data cannot be accidentally removed from the case

Contact

Please reach out to us if you've got questions or would like to know more.


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