Storage Architecture That Scales

Designed for petabyte-scale media assets, real-time metadata indexing, and zero-downtime content delivery. Our infrastructure ensures every story, image, and broadcast is secure, compliant, and instantly accessible.

End-to-End Data Pipeline

From ingestion to archival, every byte is optimized for speed, security, and cost-efficiency.

Edge Ingestion

CDN + API Gateways

Processing

Transcoding / OCR / AI

Hot Storage

NVMe / Active Media

Warm/Cold

Object / Tiered Archive

Backup & DR

Geo-Replication / Vault

All data flows through encrypted pipelines with automated lifecycle policies. Metadata is indexed in real-time for sub-100ms retrieval across global edge locations.

Optimized for Every Use Case

Dynamic tiering reduces costs by 68% while maintaining instant access to breaking news content.

Hot Storage

Active News & Live Feeds

High-IOPS NVMe arrays for breaking news assets, live video buffers, and real-time CMS updates.

< 2msLatency
99.999%Uptime
Warm Storage

Recent Archives & Analytics

Cost-optimized HDD/object storage for 30-180 day retention, editorial drafts, and trend analysis.

< 50msLatency
60%Cost Reduction
Cold Storage

Compliance & Legal Holds

Immutable storage for regulatory requirements, copyright verification, and litigation preservation.

WORMCompliance
7-14 dayRetrieval
Deep Archive

Historical & Cultural Heritage

Glacier-tier storage for legacy broadcasts, historical records, and long-term preservation projects.

100yr+Retention
99.99%Durability

Zero-Trust Data Protection

Enterprise-grade safeguards for sensitive journalistic data, sources, and intellectual property.

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End-to-End Encryption

AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit. Customer-managed keys with HSM-backed rotation.

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Granular Access Control

RBAC & ABAC policies. Editorial, legal, and infrastructure teams operate in strict isolation.

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Regulatory Compliance

GDPR, CCPA, and SOC 2 Type II certified. Automated data residency routing for EU/UK/US assets.

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Audit & Forensics

Immutable audit trails, real-time anomaly detection, and automated DLP for sensitive metadata.

Global Edge Cache Hit Rate94.2%
Metadata Index Latency (P99)42ms
Media Transcode Throughput850 Mbps/Node
Storage Tier Auto-Balance99.1%

Blazing Fast Retrieval

Our storage layer is engineered for editorial speed. Journalists and editors access assets instantly, regardless of global location or file size.

  • Smart caching with predictive pre-fetching for breaking news regions
  • Sharded document storage for sub-millisecond CMS updates
  • Vector-optimized media search for AI-powered content matching
  • Auto-scaling object storage that handles 10x traffic spikes seamlessly

Disaster Recovery & Continuity

News never stops. Neither does our infrastructure.

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Multi-Region Replication

Synchronous replication across 4 primary regions with asynchronous failover to 3 secondary zones.

RPO: < 5sZero data loss guarantee

Automated Failover

Active-active routing with intelligent health checks. Region switches in under 30 seconds.

RTO: < 30sUninterrupted publishing
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Point-in-Time Recovery

Continuous snapshots with granular restore capabilities. Corrupted assets roll back in seconds.

Granularity: 15sFull state restoration

Technology Stack

Battle-tested components chosen for reliability, speed, and editorial flexibility.

Object
AWS S3 / GCS

Media assets & static storage

Database
CockroachDB

Global CMS & metadata

Vector
Pinecone / Milvus

AI media search & matching

Cache
Redis Cluster

Session & edge caching

CDN
Cloudflare / Fastly

Global content delivery

Compute
Kubernetes (EKS/GKE)

Auto-scaling processing

Transcode
FFmpeg / MediaConvert

Video/audio pipeline

Security
Vault / AWS KMS

Key management & HSM

Explore the Infrastructure

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