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EFILM Selects SGI InfiniteStorage Technology to Power New Movie Trailer Facility
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EFILM793
To create the SGI SAN to provide high-speed storage and networking to run its new trailer business, EFILM purchased an SGI Altix 350 system as a gateway server, SGI Origin 350 systems as metadata servers and a 21.5TB SGI InfiniteStorage RAID storage array.
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SGI CXFS shared filesystem links the SGI servers and InfiniteStorage array via 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel to the two smoke editing workstations as well as linking an Autodesk Flame for compositing and an Autodesk Backdraft media-management workstation; SGI CXFS filesystem also enables soft imports to Autodesk Stones and renders, and to EFILM's color-correction suite.
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EFILM750_3
SGI CXFS shared filesystem links the SGI servers and InfiniteStorage array via 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel to the two smoke editing workstations as well as linking an Autodesk Flame for compositing and an Autodesk Backdraft media-management workstation; SGI CXFS filesystem also enables soft imports to Autodesk Stones and renders, and to EFILM's color-correction suite.
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The SGI Altix 350 is set up as the gateway server, receiving offline tape from an Avid system - via a 10Gb link to EFILM's main DI facility across the street - that shows how the trailer is to be cut, the SGI Altix 350 server then delivers the information to two Autodesk Smoke workstations.
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