DNA Evolution v3.0 Feature List

Enhancements and Fixes

• New MAM Engine
  • Expanded format support for over 150 file types including: Avid^® MXF Op-Atom, Panasonic^® P2, RED^®, ARRIRAW, and Adobe^® Illustrator^®
  • Automated clip extractor for supported file types creates clips as it is archiving media for easy browsing
  • Smart Browse
    • Automated metadata extraction and indexing of every field for supported file types
    • Advanced search across all extracted metadata fields
  • Improved Web-based low-resolution previews
  • Full metadata view of all fields of over 150 file formats
  • Refer to the document: “DNA Evolution v3.0: Format Support”for a complete list of format support

• Smart Conform
  • Advanced fuzzy matching engine can accommodate any conform workflow, support for:
    • RED R3D^® from AAF and transcoded Avid MXF Op-Atom
    • ArriRAW, DPX, EXR from AAF and transcoded Avid MXF Op-Atom: All frames of the original transcoded clip will be restored, not just the frames used in a timeline/sequence; specific frame restore capability will be available in a future release
    • MOVs, (e.g., GoPro^®, Canon^® 5D/7D, ProRes, Blackmagic), from AAF and transcoded Avid MXF Op-Atom
    • P2 from AAF and transcoded Avid MXF Op-Atom: Spanned clips are also supported
    • Sony^® XDCAM from AAF and transcoded Avid MXF Op-Atom: Spanned clips are also supported
    • XDCAM EX from AAF and transcoded Avid MXF Op-Atom: Spanned clips are also supported
    • Canon^® XF from AAF and transcoded Avid MXF Op-Atom: Spanned clips are also supported
      • Sony^® F65/F50/F55  from AAF and transcoded Avid MXF Op-Atom
    • Avid Hi-Res MXF Op-Atom from AAF and transcoded Avid Low-Res MXF Op-Atom
  • Continued support for these conforms:
    • P2 from Final Cut Pro^® 7 XML
    • XDCAM from Final Cut Pro 7 XML
    • MOV from Final Cut Pro 7 XML
    • EDL based conforms for RED (R3D)

• Improved Archiving and Restore Workflows
  • AAF archiving and restore: Supports Avid sequence archiving and restore
  • XML archiving and restore: Supports Final Cut Pro 7, Adobe bin, sequence, project archiving and restore
  • Automatic Duck HTML archiving and restore: Adds support for full Avid project archiving and restore

• Web-based Tagging
  • Easily create a tagging template in Microsoft^® Excel for use within DNA Evolution archives; tagging templates are then imported into an archive by an admin
  • Templates can include the following:
    • Pre-defined value fields that cannot be changed by the user, protecting against spelling mistakes and providing consistent data input across multiple users
      • single value fields
      • multiple choice value fields
    • Free text fields provide the flexibility to add any additional text
  • Admins can add, update, and change field definitions on-demand with no restrictions
  • Any field can be marked as optional or mandatory: If mandatory fields are not filled in, the tagging and archiving user cannot run the archive

• Tape Online/Offline
  • End users with autoloaders can visually identify if a tape is in the autoloader for archive and restore jobs making it easy to see if a job is ready to be started
  • This is not supported for standalone drives as there is no barcode reader

• Global Search
  • Search across archives for files, clips, and other metadata fields

• GUI Enhancements
  • Ability to resize all screens
  • Improved keyboard usage with tab and enter keys

• Dashboard View
  • Provides a list of all jobs and archives
  • Filter using archive name, running status, failed status or warning status

• Advanced Tape Tools
  • Batch format: Allows for multiple tapes to be formatted simultaneously
  • Batch verify: Allows for multiple tapes to be verified simultaneously
  • Batch duplication: Allows for multiple tapes to be duplicated simultaneously

•  Administrator Tools
  • Admin upgrader can run future DNA Evolution version upgrades without customer support involvement
  • Mac^® and Linux^® hardware checker: Ensures LTO hardware is connected (NOTE: Supported only for StorageDNA LTO hardware)
  • Mac and Linux Archive Manager shutdown script: Ensures all services are shutdown cleanly and all LTO tapes are un-mounted before shutdown ensuring a clean system
  • Mac and Linux software version display: Shows the current version of all software running
  • Mac and Linux Log Enable, Disable, Collect: Allows for logs to be enabled and collected by end users for analysis by StorageDNA technical personnel
  • On-demand Backup: Allows an admin to run a backup of the catalogs on-demand in addition to the regularly scheduled backups; useful if the admin wants to ensure consistency
  • On-demand Preview Indexing: Allows an admin to index the previews on-demand in addition to the regularly scheduled indexing

•  CatDV Support
  • CatDV reverse workflow: DNA Evolution interface drives the archive and then reports the status into CatDV, avoiding the CatDV worker, for faster archiving
  • Note: Restore jobs will still run from the CatDV interface

•  Avid^® Interplay^® Support
  • Added support for Avid Interplay database browse
  • Added support for multi-folder archiving and restore
  • Automated mapping for directories on ISIS^® Mac client

• Additional Fixes
  • Support for large restores over 100,000 files
  • Clear out of existing file entries in the database if a tape is re-formatted
  • Fix of logging issue during ticket conversion: alleviates the diagnosis of why tickets do not convert during a regular restore or conform
  • Support for restoring empty folders: This supports workflows, such as XDCAM, that may have empty folders in some cases