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Aside from the typical disruptions you\u2019d expect in a total war zone, such as power and running water failures, Russian cyberwarriors <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have also been busy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-behind-cyberattack-against-satellite-internet-modems-ukraine-eu-2022-05-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shut down the country\u2019s internet connectivity<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such seemingly impossible conditions left GroundStorm Media \u2013 which employs local cinematographers as its boots on the ground \u2013 in a huge bind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey\u2019re working right now in a country that\u2019s experiencing extreme conflict,\u201d explains Juliette of her cast and crew, adding that without satellite options such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/05\/02\/ukraine-official-150000-using-spacexs-starlink-daily.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starlink<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, connectivity in the region would be nonexistent.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe internet connection is very unstable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from the inherent danger to her people \u2014 the doc\u2019s main character is situated just miles from the Russian border \u2014 she says the network instability made transferring footage out of the country an excruciating ordeal using most file transfer solutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe tried everything as far as large file transfer goes for this particular project,\u201d but to little avail, she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spotty internet connection meant multiple connection drops, which meant, in most cases, starting the whole transfer process again (multiple times a day).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; max_width=&#8221;900px&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;900px&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;900px&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|141px|0px|141px|false|true&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text content_tablet=&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>MASV: Better File Transfer Right Out of the Box<\/h2>\n<p>&#8221; content_phone=&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>MASV: Better File Transfer Right Out of the Box<\/h2>\n<p>&#8221; content_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; module_id=&#8221;solution&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;20px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>MASV: A Remedy for File Transfer \u2018Nightmares\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;25px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The whole process was a \u201cnightmare,\u201d Juliette recalls. But after <strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffffa3;\">plowing through seven different large file transfer solutions<\/span><\/strong>, Alessandra says a director of photography back in her home country of Italy recommended they give <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/massive.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MASV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a shot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alessandra and Juliette say the switch to MASV was exactly what GroundStorm needed to efficiently transfer footage from the Ukrainian war zone to the company\u2019s HQ in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They expect to transfer at least <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/massive.io\/how-to\/how-to-transfer-raw-footage\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50TB of raw footage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> out of the country by next spring. \u201cAnd we definitely want to make sure that the only copy of the footage is not actually at the location,\u201d Juliette explains, for obvious reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The GroundStorm crew uploads footage at the end of each day, using the internet available to them or a <strong>Starlink connection<\/strong> \u2013 around half a TB or so per upload. 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