msm has been using Archiware software since 2004 to protect data on their shared storage with an automatic Backup. Additionally, they have built an Archive of all completed projects for references and repurposing.

But it was one specific project which triggered a new look at the capabilities of P5 Archive: msm took on the task of digitizing the complete video archive of nature filmmaker and producer Gogol Lobmayr in HD in 2009.
http://www.fascinatingnature.com

The resulting 80 hours of footage in 6400 clips and the corresponding metadata were all kept in Final Cut Server. Several hundred music video clips have already been produced using this material. And with Final Cut Server being discontinued, it was time to transfer the data and metadata into an up-to-date media asset management system.

However, a closer look revealed that P5 Archive already delivered all necessary features to keep the existing metadata and provide easy access:

• Full-lenght preview clips offer immediate impressions of the material
• Metadata can be stored in text fields or drop-down menus
• Combined searches in P5 Archive make finding the right clips easy

For the migration, msm contracted moosystems because of their extensive experience of Final Cut Server migrations and Archiware P5. During the migration, all existing metadata from Final Cut Server was transferred to Archiware P5 Archive.
As an additional benefit, the number of systems managing the media was reduced, since Archiware P5 now handles Backup, the project Archive and the specific Lobmayr Archive in a single application.