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See How eMAM Can Flexibly Meet Your Present and Future Infrastructure Needs

With rising hardware costs and ongoing supply chain delays, infrastructure procurement is becoming increasingly difficult. (Click here to read our recent Industry Report.)

The answer may be greater flexibility.

For over 15 years, eMAM has enabled organizations to avoid being locked into a single infrastructure strategy by supporting:

• Cloud for scale and elasticity
• On-premises infrastructure for performance and control
• LTO storage for ultra-low-cost archiving
• Hybrid deployments that combine the best of all worlds

Choose the infrastructure model that fits your needs today—and change it whenever your requirements evolve.

eMAM enables you to deploy and operate across any combination of cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, helping your teams balance performance, scalability, and cost.

Why Flexibility Matters

Rather than locking you into a single infrastructure model, eMAM gives you the ability to:

• Scale resources up or down based on workload demands
• Shift between storage and processing options as costs change
• Avoid over-provisioning expensive infrastructure
• Extend the life of existing hardware investments
• Adapt quickly to changing business requirements

Intelligent Storage Choices for Modern Media Workflows

LTO Archive: Lowest Cost, Highest Efficiency

eMAM integrates with leading LTO solutions from:

• Spectra Logic
• XenData
• Archiware
• And other leading archive providers

Benefits of LTO-10

• Up to 30TB native capacity per tape
• Extremely low cost per terabyte
• Minimal power consumption and operational overhead
• Ideal for deep archive, preservation, and compliance requirements

With eMAM, archived content remains fully searchable and previewable, allowing users to access media efficiently without compromising storage economics.

On-Premises Performance: Control When You Need It

For high-performance production workflows, eMAM supports a broad ecosystem of on-premises infrastructure partners, including Dell and others.

Key Advantages

• Support for live and file-based ingest
• High-performance storage for demanding production workflows
• Distributed architecture for multi-site operations
• Seamless integration with hybrid environments

Deploy local infrastructure where low latency and high throughput matter most, while maintaining centralized management across your organization.

Cloud: Elasticity Without Commitment

eMAM integrates with:

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud Platform
• Private cloud and data center environments

Cloud Benefits

• Spin up compute and storage resources on demand
• Leverage lower-cost archive tiers for long-term retention
• Avoid large upfront capital expenditures
• Support remote and distributed teams

Combined with tools such as CuttingRoom, Drastic Media Reactor, and LucidLink, cloud-based editing and collaboration are more practical and efficient than ever.

True Flexibility Means Lower Total Cost of Ownership

The real advantage of eMAM isn’t simply supporting multiple environments—it’s intelligently orchestrating them together.

A hybrid approach allows organizations to:

• Place media on the most cost-effective storage tier at any time
• Avoid vendor lock-in
• Respond quickly to market and supply chain disruptions
• Reduce both infrastructure and operational costs over time
• Maintain flexibility as technology and business needs evolve

The Bottom Line

In an environment where hardware is becoming harder to acquire and more expensive to maintain, rigid infrastructure strategies create unnecessary risk.

Flexibility is no longer optional—it is a competitive advantage.

With eMAM, you gain the freedom to deploy infrastructure where it makes the most sense:

• On-premises
• In the cloud
• Or through a hybrid model

All while maintaining complete control over workflows, costs, scalability, and future growth.

There may not be a single solution to the infrastructure challenges of today and tomorrow, but with eMAM, you have the flexibility to navigate them effectively.