jen_at_haverstack Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 We've now been using Ftrack long enough that we're starting to think about how to archive old projects (past seasons of shows, projects that are no longer in production, etc.). I found an old thread asking about this, but I don't think there has been any progress on a feature like this. Since there isn't something native to Ftrack, I'm curious what other studios do to handle old data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Stålner Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 Hi Jen, Let me investigate this and get back to you when I have more information. Regards Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 Bumping this thread for any more info re: recommended tools/processes for archiving old projects. That'd be incredibly helpful, thanks! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzo Angeli Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 Hi @MattM, One way of handling this could be to provide a secondary location (with a lower priority than you main one ) to be used to move copy the data you want to archive. Such a solution can also provide various optional features, like archiving only approved data and backup dependent components. Although at the moment we do not provide such a feature off the shelf, our api can provide you all the basic building blocks to build it. Below some resources which can help you getting a grip with those: Location :https://help.ftrack.com/en/articles/1040442-locations Location API:http://ftrack-python-api.rtd.ftrack.com/en/stable/locations/index.html Location Webinar:https://www.ftrack.com/en/intro-to-locations-webinar Actions (to trigger the data archiving)https://help.ftrack.com/en/articles/1040465-actions Actions API:http://ftrack-python-api.rtd.ftrack.com/en/stable/handling_events.html Depending on where you want to archive the data (if not on your local storage) you could also use third party accessors such as the Amazon S3 one to have cloud backups:https://pypi.org/project/ftrack-s3-accessor/ If you want to get your feet wet with Location I also suggest having a look into our Recipes repository for inspiration:https://bitbucket.org/ftrack/ftrack-recipes/src/master/python/actions/multi_site_location/ Hope it helps. If you have any further question please let us know! L. Andrew Lawrence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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