Deluxe Entertainment Selects DataDirect Networks to Accelerate High Resolution Workloads, Solve Business Continuity and Digital Collaboration Challenges


Deluxe Deploys DDN WOS Object Storage for its Post Production Workflow to Enable Highly Available, Massively Scalable and Cost-Effective Active Archive Platform



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    --  Deluxe Creative Services has deployed DataDirect Networks (DDN) WOS®

        object storage to address the massive storage and seamless sharing of

        digital content requirements critical to the filmmaking process,

        anywhere in the world.

    --  Faced with exponential data growth and a need to better manage the

        delivery demands of its feature-film workload, Deluxe sought an improved

        storage architecture that would relieve pressure on its expensive

        tier-one SAN, reduce reliance on LTO tape, and scale more easily across

        its global footprint.

    --  Following a full and competitive evaluation, Deluxe Creative Services

        met this challenge by deploying DDN™ WOS global object storage that

        ensures the maximum performance and data availability needed to meet

        fast turnarounds and rigorous project demands of the post-production and

        actively accessed archive workflow from around the globe.

    --  Deluxe Creative Services, through its respective Company 3, EFILM,

        Method Studios, and Beast brands, has played an important role in many

        acclaimed films, including the 2014 Oscar winner for Best Picture, "12

        Years a Slave," and other box-office hits, such as "Captain Phillips,"

        "Wolverine" and "Rush."

    --  A multi-site post-production house with offices in Los Angeles, New

        York, London, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Vancouver and various other

        sites, Deluxe Creative Services operates a 24x7 business with remote

        teams working together to address all aspects of post-production.

        Ensuring fast turnaround of digital content by automating workflows

        throughout the post-production lifecycle is key to delivering content

        whenever and wherever it's needed.

    --  With one of the largest pools of colorists and visual effects

        specialists in the industry, Deluxe feature films produce 300-500 TBs of

        raw camera masters with up to 50 MBs per frame, depending on format -

        image, color and sound - all of which doubles in size with 3D shows,

        increasing frame rates and ultra high-definition resolution.

    --  To meet these rigorous environment demands, DDN delivers an integrated

        active archive solution for migrating, preserving and accessing billions

        of files containing rich media content in partnership with ASG Software

        Solutions, using WOS object storage with ObjectAssure™ erasure coding

        and ASG-Digital Archiving (ADA).  Deluxe benefits from this solution

        with improved uptime and data availability but with significantly less

        overhead cost than traditional disk storage platforms.



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DDN's 'Pure' Object Architecture Optimized for Geographically Distributed Workforce



    --  The fully integrated DDN and ASG solution is based on ADA, a High

        Performance File Archiving Software solution for large data volumes, and

        WOS distributed object-based storage technology. The WOS-ADA solution

        leverages ADA archiving and data movement capabilities in conjunction

        with the WOS high-scale storage capabilities, high performance

        read/write abilities, efficient disk utilization and geographic

        replication.

    --  Upon rethinking its storage architecture, Deluxe is implementing eight

        WOS nodes with a total of 720 TBs of storage and an ADA archiving

        platform powered by four data movers; the company expects to scale

        beyond six petabytes in order to keep pace with ongoing expansion and

        project demands.

    --  To deliver storage performance that rivals Deluxe's SAN yet scales

        globally, DDN architected the WOS solution without an underlying file

        system. This architecture enables Deluxe Creative Services to achieve

        performance that matches its tier-one storage yet expands easily across

        its geographically distributed environment to meet the needs of its

        remote teams.

    --  As WOS nodes are deployed around the globe, a boost in productivity is

        being experienced at each location because finding content now is much

        easier and requires less effort.

    --  An additional benefit of WOS is increased data reliability as the

        platform offers a choice of data protection capabilities through

        ObjectAssure™, which provides local, replicated and globally

        distributed erasure coding to safeguard data with very high durability

        and availability at multiple locations. Since Deluxe teams need to

        quickly access content and turn content rapidly, having a disaster

        recovery copy that they can replicate selectively gives the company an

        active DR site for an extra level of protection and higher workflow

        efficiency.



Supporting Quotes



Phil Mendelson, CTO of Deluxe Creative Services



    --  "DDN and ASG offer the best technology in their respective fields, so

        we're confident our integrated solution will represent the best-of-breed

        in active archiving and fast data movement. As we roll out the

        deployment, we'll bring all the elements together in a cohesive

        ecosystem."

    --  "We're getting great throughput on our WOS platform. Bandwidth rivals

        what we get on a tier-one SAN but at a much lower total cost of

        ownership."

    --  "We're under a lot of pressure to turn materials around rapidly, so we

        need maximum uptime and data availability. WOS provides a disaster

        recovery copy that we can replicate selectively, giving us an active DR

        site for an extra level of protection."

    --  We're always expanding, so we expect to see WOS grow to 6 PBS pretty

        quickly. DDN is helping us build a model that is as effective as SAN

        storage but far more economical and scalable--I believe object storage

        is the future of network storage."



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About Deluxe



Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. is a global leader in media and entertainment services for film, video and online content, from capture to consumption.



Since 1915, Deluxe has been the trusted partner for the world's most successful Hollywood studios, independent film companies, TV networks, exhibitors, advertisers and others, offering best-in-class solutions in production, post production, distribution, asset and workflow management and new digital solution-based technologies.



With operations in Los Angeles, New York and around the globe, the company employs nearly 6,000 of the most talented, highly honored and recognized artists and industry veterans worldwide. Deluxe is a wholly owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. For more information visit www.bydeluxe.com.



About DataDirect Networks



DataDirect Networks (DDN) is the world leader in massively scalable storage. Our data storage and processing solutions and professional services enable content-rich and high growth IT environments to achieve the highest levels of systems scalability, efficiency and simplicity. DDN enables enterprises to extract value and deliver business results from their information. Our customers include the world's leading online content and social networking providers, high performance cloud and grid computing, life sciences, media production, and security and intelligence organizations. Deployed in thousands of mission critical environments worldwide, DDN's solutions have been designed, engineered and proven in the world's most scalable data centers to ensure competitive business advantage for today's information powered enterprise. For more information, go to www.ddn.com or call 1-800-837-2298.



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