SAN JOSE, Calif., July 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp.
(NYSE: QTM) today announced a new animation and visual effects
(VFX) workflow reference architecture built on the company's
award-winning Xcellis™ high-performance shared storage. This robust
and exceptionally flexible architecture delivers optimal storage
capabilities for animation and editorial operations, thereby
streamlining workflows and boosting overall efficiency and
productivity. Quantum will demonstrate the new architecture at the
SIGGRAPH 2016 Conference and Exhibition, July 24-28, in Anaheim,
California (booth 575).
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Resolving Collaboration Challenges in Animation/VFX and
Editorial Workflows
The time- and resource-consuming task of
transferring content between the animation and editorial
departments over a network is a key obstacle for post facilities
seeking to maximize workflow efficiencies. In some cases, entire
facilities must essentially shut down for hours each day as they
copy material over the network and dedicate storage systems on both
sides of this divide to writing and reading data. Quantum's new
reference architecture enables users to overcome these challenges,
maintaining storage for both animation/VFX and editorial within a
single shared environment that supplies the type and degree of
connectivity required across the end-to-end workflow.
Enabling Greater Flexibility and Efficiency With a Single
Storage Platform
Boasting a unique architecture that
integrates key workflow storage components into an easy-to-manage,
highly scalable hardware solution, Xcellis supports both Fibre
Channel and Ethernet clients, hosts workflow applications and
manages data across multiple storage tiers. Powered by Quantum's
industry-leading StorNext® platform, Xcellis also allows
users to optimize any of up to 64 separate file systems to meet the
performance requirements of different departments. These
characteristics provide a host of benefits to post facilities that
share media across animation and editorial departments,
including:
- Storage of all media files on a single system with a single
namespace, eliminating the cost of managing and maintaining
multiple storage silos.
- Ethernet-based NAS and DLC access, providing the speed and
availability animators need, while direct Fibre Channel connections
supply the editorial department with highly predicable performance
for demanding high-resolution content.
- Render farms that can connect to storage for direct access to
content during rendering, eliminating the need for bulk data dumps
and network shutdowns.
- Fast, easy and cost-effective system scaling through the simple
addition of more storage, making it easy to accommodate growth and
new technologies.
Accelerating Operations With QXS Hybrid Flash-Disk
Storage
The new Xcellis-based architecture incorporates QXS
hybrid disk-flash storage with Q-Tier technology, providing
animators with the random I/O performance they need for a fraction
of the cost of an all-flash solution. To optimize system
performance, QXS Q-Tier™ technology scores, scans and sorts data
every five seconds and moves it between flash and spinning disk
tiers as access patterns change.
Integrating Seamlessly Into Media Environments
Because
Quantum's StorNext-powered workflow storage solutions are already
certified with leading applications including the Autodesk suite,
Adobe suite and animation management tools such as Shotgun,
facilities can seamlessly integrate the new reference architecture
into existing environments. As a result, users on the animation and
editorial sides of the business can continue working with their
preferred software tools while realizing a notable increase in
performance and much improved ability to work collaboratively.
Dave Frederick, Senior
Director of Media and Entertainment, Quantum
"Quantum's new
animation and visual effects workflow reference architecture
leverages our StorNext-powered Xcellis high-performance storage and
QXS hybrid flash-disk storage with real-time tiering to enable much
greater efficiency at post facilities with both animation and
editorial departments. It not only eliminates the need for separate
storage silos but also eases collaboration across these departments
and optimizes storage and media access according to the needs of
each. With the resulting gains in capacity and productivity, media
facilities can take on larger and more demanding projects, and more
projects overall."
Additional Resources
- To learn more about Quantum's solutions for animation
workflows: www.stornext.com/solutions/animation
- For more details about Xcellis:
www.quantum.com/products/scale-out-storage/stornext-primary-storage/index.aspx
- Read about QXS hybrid storage:
www.quantum.com/products/hybrid-storage/index.aspx
About Quantum
Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out
storage, archive and data protection. The company's StorNext 5
platform powers modern high-performance workflows, enabling
seamless, real-time collaboration and keeping content readily
accessible for future use and re-monetization. More than 100,000
customers have trusted Quantum to address their most demanding
content workflow needs, including top studios, major broadcasters
and cutting-edge content creators. With Quantum, customers have the
end-to-end storage platform they need to manage assets from ingest
through finishing and into delivery and long-term preservation. See
how at www.quantum.com/customerstories-mediaent.
Quantum, the Quantum logo, StorNext, Xcellis and QXS Q-Tier are
either registered trademarks or trademarks of Quantum Corporation
and its affiliates in the United
States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
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