Qumulo, the easy method to handle exabyte-scale data from anywhere, announced today that award-winning Prague-based PFX Studio is collaborating with the firm to improve its full-service post-production environment. Qumulo is collaborating with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to help PFX Studio consolidate numerous locations and workflows into the Qumulo® File Data Platform.
PFX’s objective is to provide world-class Post-Production services for cinema, television, animation material, and advertising. This aim is accomplished by collaboration with prominent worldwide organisations such as Netflix, HBO Max, Disney, and many others. PFX has developed to become one of the most well-known and trusted VFX firms.
The interface of the Qumulo File Data Platform is being used by the studio for efficient management and real-time operational analytics. Real-time insights are critical in the M&E sector. PFX uses the Qumulo sophisticated API to automate essential procedures.
“Everything worked right away. “Qumulo has a great approach, is customer-focused, doesn’t overwhelm us with information, and helps us focus on what’s important to us,” stated Martin Polak, PFX’s Head of IT.
Over the last decade, unstructured data has increased dramatically, and older infrastructures can no longer keep up with the increasing demands to store and manage it. The massive data that drove PFX’s expanding production portfolio eventually caused technological challenges. PFX improved the management and centralization of its huge file data across all sites by utilising the Qumulo File Data Platform.
The top three business advantages
- Significant improvement in capacity, scalability, and performance. In comparison to Hitachi HNAS, Qumulo’s file data platform is significantly simpler, more scalable, and agile. Capacity can be increased as needed. Since PFX chose an All-NVMe solution with Qumulo, the performance gain was immediately visible. PFX uses Qumulo for active storage, whereas HNAS handles NAS storage without performance requirements and backups.
- Data visibility and control in real time. Without real-time data visibility, effective data management at scale is difficult. This is critical in the M&E industry. The central repository managing plug-in in PFX was slowing down the system. They were able to resolve the problem thanks to real-time insights. Using live data, Qumulo’s real-time analytics dashboard and data services were designed to regulate access, monitor usage, prevent bottlenecks, and estimate costs.
- REST-API to make file management and automation easier. A sophisticated REST API enhances, supplements, and manages Qumulo’s applications. It enables PFX to retrieve all information via REST calls and allows for automation. REST calls against the API can be used to retrieve information from the Analytics tab. The REST API can also be used to perform most file system tasks.
Qumulo’s software platform and Scale AnywhereTM methodology provide businesses with a straightforward solution for managing large data within their own data centre by combining a consumption-based strategy, on-premises controls, and a modern cloud experience. The Qumulo with HPE solution is built on HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus servers for increased performance, industry-leading security, and optimised workload capabilities.
Qumulo is the preferred storage software for in-house and remote creative work teams. Qumulo enables innovators record, share, and distribute creation for audiences all over the world, from big film studios, streaming networks, gaming and production houses, to animation, post production, and VFX organisations.