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“We helped one company that had 20 workstations operated during the day. Then, four were being used every night to render this ready for the next day,” says Scan’s GlynMerga. “Eachmorning, it would take an hour to load these renders so everyone could start work on them. That’s a lot of lost time: around 20man-hours per day.” Scan’s systemwas so fast, what took five minutes on a quick computer was handled in ten seconds. The staff could finally see the fruits of their labour in all its glorious detail. “And it was now stored on safe, enterprise-class servers like Scan’s, computing powermeans the cost for high- endworkstation sets like this ismore than a ‘virtual’ laptop you could probably buy outright for £3500. But Scan’s pricingworks out as amore cost-effectivemonthly option. Savingmoney due to time and no which cost around £70,000 each.” Of course, paying for ultra-rapid upfront costs is only part of Scan’s unique solution, which links to the revolutionary Nvidia Omniverse project and RTX technology. It’s a huge, multi-GPU platformdeveloped for 3D simulation in real time –with lots of massive applications that link together, as well as ever-increasing AI technology. So, if you are in video animation, or using 3D renders from clients who want to drop projects into video, it’s all ready-made for you. For video, this means editingmovies on superfast virtual workstations using Adobe Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, for example. Footage can be ingested via a choice of several cloud-based options – including Scan’s own. Then, as you work on an edit, share that screen with a remote colleague or client for instant, real-time feedback. Nomore waiting for it to render, then exporting a rough edit to send by WeTransfer or FTP. It makes direct collaboration on projects instant, saving lots of potential pitfalls. “We offer a complete service to businesses,” says Merga. “If someone wants four virtual workstations, we measure howmuch computing power they need, then find a cost-effective solution. It’s not a hit-and-miss process.” And you don’t even have to buy a fast new workstation to access it.
access a virtual desktop run by Scan. And it’s just like working on, and running, a fast, enterprise-level PC workstation. What you are accessing is a ‘seat’ at one of Scan’s virtual computers that is faster, bigger andmore capable than anything an independent production company could ever afford. If you need access to a computer with a 24-core CPU, 256GB of memory and four GPUs to handle huge and complicated projects, Scan can sort it all instantly and virtually. Or, the equivalent of a basic laptop at a far lower monthly cost could be managed, too. Rent the ‘seat’ monthly, from short- termquick-fix or last-minute project, to a longer-term task. And you only pay for what’s needed. Scanmonitor your current workflow and computing requirements by using clever remote software, then offer a solution tomatch. If you suddenly demandmore memory or faster GPUs for a temporary assignment, Scan can turn them on promptly, billing you for their use. You aren’t buying very expensive kit, and then under-using it.
SHARING IS CARING While in progress with a video project, share your screen with other users remotely, so they can see it and offer input
More information To find out about Scan’s vGPU and Cloud Services, as well as NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Proof of Concept, visit scan.co.uk/vgpu
VIRTUAL VIEW Using your own computer, access a ‘virtual’ PC to work on projects - everything from video editing to high-end 3D rendering, exactly the same as if the software was installed on your machine
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