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Netflix Production and Storage Constraints
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Multi-camera production has been around since the dawn of professional video. While the overall workflow is well known, there are some nuances to be aware of if you are producing a multi-cam shoot for Netflix.
The number of cameras to be backed up and shorter turnarounds that are common in Netflix production can strain available storage. Moreover, meeting Netflix' robust data-management requirement may take up still more storages in the process of both onset and post production.
Capture
The Netflix camera-native capture workflow prefers minimum image processing and maximum quality during capture. All the RAW options provide outstanding image quality, but you need to be mindful of storage needs, especially when dealing with uncompressed RAW formats. The question is usually: will 6 bay RAID storage still satisfy the capacity and performance requirement for the onset or shuttle storage when defaulting at RAID 5 or 6 redundancy level?
Data Management
For ways to backup and verify production assets, Netflix expects 3:2:1 practice to be maintained through final delivery
3:2:1 Principle
- Hold at least three copies of all original camera files (OCF) and audio.
- Store the OCF and audio copies on at least two different types of media.
- Keep at least one of these backups in a different geographical location from the others.
Backup media options:
- RAID 5, 6, or 10 (or above) storage
- LTO (6, 7 or 8 written in LTFS format)
- Netflix Content Hub (cloud storage)
For production team struggling to meet the requirement, Accusys T-Share LTO, a shareable RAID storage integrated with LTO, has been found to be handy. It is so far the only storage available in the world to support 3 media options: HDD, SSD and LTO, with one single device that can be shared by multiple users.
Post Workflows
The Post Production ecosystem often includes multiple different toolsets and passing material between these toolsets. Furthermore, Netflix' tight turnaround requirement for review, sign-off and final delivery, usually puts great stress on your post production teams that have to work in parallel to meet the deadlines.
Accusys T-Share LTO is found to be a life saver in this situation.
Optimized with most common post production tools, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve, the shareable RAID storage can support content editing, sound editing, visual effects, sound mixing and color grading, in seamless flows even when the teams are spread across different suites in the studio. Neither cross platform is an issue.
Accusys harnessed the breakthrough performance potential of the Thunderbolt 3 I/O and squeezed out speeds of up to 2600MB/s in RAID 5—to help slash time off nearly every task in your post-production workflow. Capture RAW footage from a cinema camera or a shuttle drive (such as Accusys Gamma Carry), edit multiple streams of ProRes 422 (HQ) or ProRes 4444 XQ, and fly through thumbnail and preview rendering on your biggest projects.
Onset Storage
To repurpose onset and near set storage, Netflix advises you to first ensure visual inspection of original camera and audio files has been done and it resides on a minimum of three checksum-verified storage mediums, including the final archival delivery format.
Before getting clearance from Netflix to wipe anything from the storage, the onset RAID storage usually becomes a bottleneck. Accusys Gamma Carry, an 8 bay portable RAID storage, might be a solution to your pain point. With the smallest form factor, lightest weight of its category, and best of all a handlebar, it can hold more OCF and move with the production crew to any place in a pelican case.
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