With Hitachi Content Software for File, we were able to provide a cost effective, highly scalable ingest and playback environment that met both the performance needs as well as staying within the client’s budget.
Challenge: Major Studio Facing Scaling Issues with Massive Data Inflows
A top media studio with a massive amount of daily created video was overwhelming their existing storage platform. The legacy system couldn’t scale to meet the ever-growing demand for video ingest. Furthermore, they required an active workspace for large video files to have playback ability without losing frames. Expanding their legacy system was deemed too costly and impractical.
Solution: A Scalable, Active Data Environment Powered by Hitachi Content Software for File
Hitachi deployed modern platform for the entire creative workflow, including VFX, 4K and content playback. The solution collapsed the legacy platforms into a single modern filesystem based on Hitachi Content Software for File. Furthermore, the new platform is futureproof, and will be able to support faster adoption of new creative mediums and capabilities and support next generation content types including 8K & VR. The simplified environment allows the customer further to migrate from legacy systems in a scalable and cost effective manner The system was a perfect fit for the customer in terms of price and performance.
Outcome: A Modern, High-Performance, Next-Generation Media Platform
Hitachi Vantara deployed a scale-out high performance ingest tier capable of growing as fast as customer requires. This new platform allows the customer to fully utilize its high-performance data resources, while maintaining headroom for future upgrades. Hitachi Content Software for File empowers this customer to have a cost effective, scalable, hyper-simplified environment enabling the creative teams to create high quality media types quickly.
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