[opendtv] Re: Behind The Scenes at Disney TV

It has been possible to buy a Petabyte of storage for some time now, this
is news?  The Gov. has been buying petabytes of storage for a long time.
Buying a low cost Petabyte is probably what you (or Disney Co.) means.  SWL


At 03:57 PM 7/27/2005 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi, 
>
>See: http://www.tomshardware.com/column/20050727/index.html
>
><quote>
>One of the things I like about my job is getting to meet you, 
>my readers, face to face. Last week I spent some time with 
>Michael Pusateri, the VP of Engineering for the Disney-ABC 
>Cable Networks Group. Pusateri handles the IT department of 
>four different Disney cable channels, and you can imagine that 
>he has a demanding but very fun job.
>
>(...) 
>
>As I was walking around the control rooms and bowels of the 
>building, I couldn't help but notice that the cabling for 
>the video side was extremely well organized, labeled, and 
>just plain neater when compared to the data side. Like many 
>networks, Disney has editing rooms with just about any 
>hardware and software tool you can think of, including 
>Macintosh-based software too. The editing rooms are also 
>segregated on a separate physical network from the general 
>corporate LAN - "we don't want any of our content coming 
>anywhere near our corporate LAN." And then there is a third 
>network for visitors that is separate still and runs outside 
>of the Disney firewall. Clearly, these guys have done a 
>solid job and know what they are doing.
>
>(...) 
>
>One of the things that Pusateri is pushing the envelope on 
>is more storage for their digital content, and pushing isn't 
>the word to describe their needs. "We are looking at putting 
>all of our content on digital storage, but it wasn't until 
>recently that we could go shopping for a petabyte of storage," 
>he says. That is a 1000 terabytes, for those of you that don't 
>think in that high a magnitude. And you thought you have 
>storage problems? 
><unquote>
>
>Greetings, 
>-- Jeroen
>
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