BlueArc Storage Speeds Delivery And Increases Quality Of CGI

With more CGI shots now required for the average film, leading visual effects studios have had to focus on ways to improve and accelerate the artistic process. Carefully applying new technology, studios have been able to improve artist quality, shave time off production schedules and create more scenes. Bottom line benefits? The ability to produce higher quality work, win more contracts, and generate greater revenue.

At the heart of a CGI network, BlueArc network storage systems offer industry-leading performance to drive stunning improvements in rendering speeds and dramatically reduce artist wait times from file transfers to downloading shadow masks. BlueArc removes the data-flow constraints that bottleneck even the most powerful render farms. This means faster renders, fewer dropped frames, and far less rework for the render wranglers. And BlueArc storage provides fast data access that allows artists to focus their attention on spectacular results and higher quality.

Knowing that large, concurrent projects often require fast deployment or storage upgrades, BlueArc's unique modular architecture makes it as easy and affordable as possible to handle this dynamic environment. With features like Tiered Storage that allow mixing high-performance, "active file" disk drives with lower-cost, "archival" disk drives while allowing massive capacity scaling up to 512 terabytes behind a single BlueArc system. When creative teams need to quickly expand storage or increase performance, BlueArc provides simple, modular upgrades that require no expensive "fork-lift" replacements.