{"id":85215,"date":"2018-09-06T08:55:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T15:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=85215"},"modified":"2022-04-04T12:28:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T19:28:26","slug":"moving-tape-content-to-cloud-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/moving-tape-content-to-cloud-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Tape Content to Backblaze Fireball with Canister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball_header.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-pMbiauZC\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-85224 size-full\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball_header.jpg\" alt=\"Canister for Fireball: LTO tape to Backblaze B2 migration made 'drag and drop' easy\" width=\"1440\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball_header.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball_header-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball_header-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball_header-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball_header-560x319.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball_header-220x124.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"abstract\" style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 12px; padding: 24px 12px 10px 12px;\"><strong>Editor\u2019s Note, 12 February 2021:<\/strong> Be sure to consult the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\/integrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backblaze integration partners<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/solutions\/datatransfer\/fireball.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fireball<\/a> page for the most up-to-date information on data migration to Backblaze.<\/div>\n<p>If you shoot video on the run and wrangle video from multiple sources, you know that reliably offloading files from your camera carts, storage cards, or pluggable SSDs can be a logistical challenge. All of your source files need to be copied over, verified, and backed up before you can begin the rest of your post-production work. \u00a0It&#8217;s arguably the most critical step in your post-production workflow.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing how critical this step is, videographers and data wranglers alike have long relied on an app for Mac and Windows called <a href=\"https:\/\/hedge.video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hedge<\/a> to take charge of their file copy and verification needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hedge-source-and-target-progress.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-pMbiauZC\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hedge-source-and-target-progress.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-pMbiauZC\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-85223 size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hedge-source-and-target-progress-1024x631.png\" alt=\"Hedge source and target progress\" width=\"700\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hedge-source-and-target-progress-1024x631.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hedge-source-and-target-progress-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hedge-source-and-target-progress-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hedge-source-and-target-progress-1536x947.png 1536w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hedge-source-and-target-progress-560x345.png 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hedge-source-and-target-progress.png 2043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hedge for Mac and Windows &#8212; drag and drop source file copy and verify tool<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With an intuitive drag and drop interface, Hedge makes it simple to select your cards, disks, or other sources, identify your destination drives, then copy and verify using a custom &#8220;Fast Lane&#8221; engine to speed transfers dramatically. You can log when copies were completed, and even back up to multiple destinations in the same action, including your local SAN, NAS, or Backblaze Fireball, then on to your Backblaze B2 cloud storage.<\/p>\n<p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-4fdbba66-22c2-4db3-92f4-3733651371f5\"><span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-4fdbba66-22c2-4db3-92f4-3733651371f5\" id=\"hs-cta-4fdbba66-22c2-4db3-92f4-3733651371f5\"><!--[if lte IE 8]>\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/2832298\/4fdbba66-22c2-4db3-92f4-3733651371f5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-4fdbba66-22c2-4db3-92f4-3733651371f5\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/2832298\/4fdbba66-22c2-4db3-92f4-3733651371f5.png\"  alt=\"\u2794 Download Our Media Workflows E-book\"\/><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(2832298, '4fdbba66-22c2-4db3-92f4-3733651371f5', {\"useNewLoader\":\"true\",\"region\":\"na1\"}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"b2\">But How Do You &#8220;Data-Wrangle&#8221; Tape Content to the Cloud?<\/h2>\n<p>But what if you have content, backup sets, or massive <a href=\"\/blog\/media-archive-solutions\/\">media archives<\/a> on LTO tape?<\/p>\n<p>You may find yourself in one of these scenarios:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You may have &#8220;inherited&#8221; an older LTO tape system that is having a hard time keeping up with your daily workflow, and you aren\u2019t ready to sign up for more capital expense and support contracts.<\/li>\n<li>You may have valuable content &#8220;stuck&#8221; on tape that you can\u2019t easily access and want it on cloud for content monetization workflows that would overwhelm your tape system.<\/li>\n<li>Your existing tape based workflow is working fine for now, but you want to get all of that content into the cloud quickly to get ready for future growth and new customers with a solution similar to Hedge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While many people decide to <a href=\"\/blog\/lto-vs-cloud-storage-vs-hybrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">move tape workflows to cloud for simple economic reasons<\/a>, having all of that content securely stored in the cloud means that the individual files and entire folders can be instantly pulled into workflows and directly shared from Backblaze B2 with no need for copying, moving, restoring, or waiting.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about how Backblaze B2 can replace LTO solutions, including an LTO calculator:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\/solutions\/lto-replacement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Backblaze LTO Replacement Calculator<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whichever scenario fits your need, getting tape content into the cloud involves moving a lot of content at once, and in a perfect world it would be as easy to drag and drop that content from tape to Backblaze B2!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"b2\">Meet Canister for Fireball<\/h2>\n<p>To meet this exact need the team that developed Hedge have created an &#8220;LTO tape content to Fireball&#8221; solution called <strong>Canister for Fireball.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/solutions\/datatransfer\/fireball.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fireball<\/a> is Backblaze\u2019s solution to help you quickly get massive amounts of data into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage<\/a>. When you sign up for the service, Backblaze sends you a 70TB Fireball that is yours to use for 30 days. Simply attach it to your local network and copy content over to the device at the speed of your local network. You\u2019re free to fill up and send in your Fireball device as many times as needed. When Backblaze receives your Fireball with your files, all of the content is ingested directly into Backblaze\u2019s data centers and appears in your Backblaze B2 online storage.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/solutions\/datatransfer\/fireball.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze B2 Fireball Rapid Ingest Service<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canister for Fireball makes it incredibly easy to move your content and archives from your tape device to your Backblaze B2 Fireball. With an intuitive interface similar to Hedge, Canister copies over and verifies files read from your tapes.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"b2\">Using Canister with B2<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-to-fireball-workflow.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-pMbiauZC\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-85232 size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-to-fireball-workflow-1024x251.png\" alt=\"flow chart for moving data from tape to the cloud\" width=\"700\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-to-fireball-workflow-1024x251.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-to-fireball-workflow-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-to-fireball-workflow-768x188.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-to-fireball-workflow-1536x376.png 1536w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-to-fireball-workflow-2048x501.png 2048w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-to-fireball-workflow-560x137.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><em>Insert LTO tapes in your tape system and Canister for Backblaze will move them to your Backblaze B2 Fireball for rapid ingest into your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/docs\/cloud-storage-about-backblaze-b2-cloud-storage\">B2 Cloud Storage<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-target-selection.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-pMbiauZC\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-target-selection.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-pMbiauZC\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-85222 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-target-selection-1024x640.png\" alt=\"Cannister to Fireball user interface\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-target-selection-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-target-selection-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-target-selection-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-target-selection-560x350.png 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-target-selection.png 1472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><em>Select from any tape devices with LTO media\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-lto-file-copied-success.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-pMbiauZC\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-85221 size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-lto-file-copied-success-1024x640.png\" alt=\"Cannister data progression screenshot\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-lto-file-copied-success-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-lto-file-copied-success-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-lto-file-copied-success-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-lto-file-copied-success-560x350.png 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canister-for-fireball-lto-file-copied-success.png 1472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><em>\u2026and watch the files on the tape copy and verify to your Backblaze B2 Fireball<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the solution works:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"b3\">Steps to Migrate Your LTO Content to the Cloud with Canister for Fireball<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"width: 70%; margin: auto;\">\n<li style=\"padding-top: 14px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/solutions\/datatransfer\/fireball.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Order a Fireball system:<\/span><\/a>\u00a0As part of the signup step you will choose a B2 bucket that you\u2019d like your Fireball content moved to.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-top: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Connect your Fireball system to your network,<\/span> making sure that the workstation that connects to your tape device can also mount the storage volume presented by your Backblaze Fireball.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-top: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Install Canister for Fireball<\/span> on your Mac workstation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-top: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Connect your tape device.<\/span> Any tape system that can read your tapes and mount them as an LTFS volume will work. Canister will automatically mount the drive for you and perform a driver check. (The installer includes tape device drivers, if needed.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-top: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Launch Canister for Fireball.<\/span> You can now select the tape device volume as your source, the Fireball as your target, and copy the files over to your Fireball.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-top: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Repeat as needed<\/span> until you have copied and verified all of your tapes securely to your Fireball. You can fill and send in your Fireball as many times as needed during your 30 day period. (And you can always extend your loaner period.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"blog_callout\" style=\"padding: 18px 32px; margin: 24px 6px; background-color: #f8f8f8; border-radius: 15px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7 rem;\">LTFS or Linear Tape File System<\/span> is an industry adopted way to make the contents of an entire tape cartridge available as if it were a single volume of files. Typically, the tape stores a list of the files and their location on that tape in the beginning, or header of the tape. When a tape is read into your tape device, that directory section is read in and the tape system then presents it to you as a volume of files and folders. Say you want to select an individual file from that LTFS volume to copy to your desktop. When you move that to your desktop, the tape spools out to wherever that file is stored, reads the entire stream of tape containing that file, then finally copies it to your desktop. It can be a very slow process indeed and why many people choose to store content in cloud storage like Backblaze B2 so that they get instant access to every file.<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"b3\">Now &#8212; Put Your LTO Tape Ingest Plan Into Action<\/h3>\n<p>If you have content on tape that needs to get into your Backblaze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/c2c-migration.html\">B2 storage<\/a>, Canister for Fireball and a Backblaze B2 Fireball are the perfect solution.<\/p>\n<p>Canister for Fireball can be licensed for 30 days of use for $99 and includes priority support. The full version is $199. If you decide to upgrade from the 30 Day license you\u2019ll pay only the difference to the full version.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, make sure that you\u2019ve ordered your Fireball:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/solutions\/datatransfer\/fireball.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Order a Backblaze B2 Fireball<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now with your content and archives no longer &#8220;trapped&#8221; on tape, you can browse them in your asset manager, share links directly from Backblaze B2, and have your content ready to pull into new content creation workflows by your team located anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hedge has created Canister for Backblaze Fireball, a frictionless solution that is by far the easiest way to migrate LTO tape archives to B2 Cloud Storage. 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