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capacity, with no negative effect on the finishing editors’ or artists’ user experience. “They posed questions and we responded by demonstrating the results in PixStor. They asked to see 4K and we delivered that – and showed them 8K seamlessly, too,” adds Leaver. The storage solution was installed on- premises at Films at 59 in December 2018. SCALABLE STORAGE PixStor has a software-defined architecture that offers scale-out capabilities without the commercial pressures that come with being restricted to one particular vendor’s hardware ecosystem. When combined with the cloud-based infrastructure, PixStor’s software-defined storage frees Films at 59 from the restrictions of its brick-and-mortar facility. Leaver explains: “It becomes easy for them to add multiple vendors moving forward, ensuring economic architectural longevity and adaptability to future technologies. PixStor’s software-defined architecture provides choice and enables
SAVVY STORAGE Films at 59 has installed PixStor in its digital intermediate suite to support 4K high-end grading and finishing work
Films at 59 was invited to visit Pixit’s Technical Lab in High Wycombe, two hours east of its Bristol headquarters. The lab is a space dedicated to showcasing the complete PixStor ecosystem, where guests can test, collaborate and train with Pixit’s technical team in a real-world environment. “We’ve invested in a full complement of legacy, current and bleeding-edge hardware, applications and tools to support a wide range of contexts and workflows that are integrated with major cloud services,” says Leaver. “Featured technologies include Dell, NetApp, Islion, HP, Storbyte, Excelero, Mellanox, Baselight, Resolve, Transkoder, Adobe Creative Cloud, Avid ProTools, Autodesk Flame, Mist, Nucoda and Signiant.” During the visit, Pixit’s technical team recreated Films at 59’s workflows using its standard applications, and were able to demonstrate performance of multiple workloads running full output at up to 99%
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