Storage Indexing & Replication
Smarter Storage, Seamless Indexing: How Cubix Automates Media Ingest and Replication Across On-Prem and Cloud
Smarter Storage, Seamless Indexing: How Cubix Automates Media Ingest and Replication Across On-Prem and Cloud
Cubix allows content to be imported through a variety of methods - from traditional watch folders to live streams via SDI, ST 2110, SRT, RTMP, and HLS. Watch folders can be configured across on-premise or cloud-based storage, making it easy to integrate with existing environments without re-architecting infrastructure.
Ortana’s Media Aware Workflow Engine (MAWE) performs a deep technical and editorial analysis at the point of ingest, extracting rich metadata from sources such as camera cards, EXIF data, BEXT headers, and custom XML sidecars. It supports all major DSLR and professional camera formats, along with complex packages like DPX sequences, DCPs, and multi-channel audio files - up to 32 audio channels per asset.
Additionally, it can handle supporting files like PDFs, Microsoft Office documents, artwork, and XMLs, making it a complete ingest pipeline for both media and related ancillary content.
Once connected, Cubix actively indexes ‘live’ storage environments - whether they’re on-prem, in the cloud, or even services like Dropbox, SharePoint or Google Drive. It scans, analyses, and imports metadata from content at rest or in motion, providing immediate visibility without requiring content duplication or reorganisation.
This is especially useful for distributed teams or remote contributors, where content may land in collaborative drives or third-party file shares. Cubix ensures this material is automatically registered, indexed, and incorporated into existing workflows - no manual sorting required.
With Cubix’s MediaRules engine, organisations can automate virtually any task related to content replication and storage management. Built on a simple “if this, do that” logic, MediaRules can control:
• Replication between on-prem and cloud storage
• Point-to-point sync (e.g. studio-to-studio or prem-to-cloud)
• De-duplication and checksum validation
• Automated archival to AWS S3, Deep Glacier, or similar platforms
• Proxy generation and AI indexing triggers
• Purge policies once content is safely archived
This enables fully automated content mirroring, offloading, or archiving strategies based on business logic - ideal for disaster recovery, remote collaboration, or long-term preservation.
Cubix follows a “Bring Your Own Buckets” approach - meaning you retain full control of your cloud storage accounts. Whether using AWS, Azure, BackBlaze, LudciLink, Google Cloud, or decentralised providers like Storj, Cubix integrates natively with your infrastructure, without proprietary constraints.
This gives you cost control, vendor flexibility, and the ability to adopt cloud storage that matches your security and compliance needs - all while Cubix manages the movement of media according to your defined rules.
Whether you’re a broadcaster synchronising high-value assets between locations, a post facility automating archive delivery, or an enterprise managing a global content estate, Cubix gives you the tools to automate ingest, index storage, and replicate content intelligently - without manual effort or complexity.
As media organisations grow, so does the complexity of managing, indexing, and replicating content across multiple storage locations - whether local, cloud-based, or hybrid. Cubix from Ortana Media Group enables intelligent storage indexing and automated content replication through rule-based orchestration. It brings together on-prem infrastructure and cloud storage into a single, unified engine - simplifying how content is ingested, discovered, duplicated, and protected.
Whether you’re looking to deploy a complete media asset management platform with integrated AI enrichment through Yunify, Halo, or a dedicated Appliances—or you already have a MAM and want to supercharge it with Cubix Connect—Ortana gives you the flexibility to move at your own pace: choose the approach that fits your workflow and start unlocking the full potential of your media library today.
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