Integrating High-Performance Storage into a Rugged, Mobile Rig

Supporting Impressive Post-Production Capabilities in Challenging On-Location Environments

The Rebel Fleet was engaged on a live-action film project for a major Hollywood studio. Principle photography was set for New Zealand and China, with the production team planning to capture raw, high-resolution data on location.

The Rebel Fleet planned to provide multiple digital workflow services, including conducting initial color grading and quality control, archiving content to digital tape, creating mezzanine and proxy formats for post-production, and uploading clips to a secure online dailies platform for key stakeholder review.

为了满足工作室的期望，反叛舰队必须升级其存储。新的解决方案必须提供生效加工所需的性能和协作能力，加工原始的高分辨率介质。它也必须是密集的，所以它可以被纳入一个可以被推到远程位置的移动设备。

Connecting with Factorial and choosing Quantum

Factorial—which designs digital workflow solutions for broadcast and post-production studios—recommended Quantum storage systems for their military-grade storage capabilities for rugged, mobile environments. The Rebel Fleet selected Quantum Xcellis® workflow storage plus Quantum QXS™ hybrid storage systems for online and nearline storage.

Teams from The Rebel Fleet, Factorial, and Quantum worked together to rapidly assemble and deploy a mobile rig, which also used multiple Apple Mac Pro computers for ingesting data, calculating checksums, archiving to LTO tape, and color grading. The rig was ready within ten days.

为实时颜色分级提供高性能和快速渲染

基于StorNext®文件系统的高性能存储有助于显着加速工作流程。“通过量子解决方案，我们能够以三种不同的格式释放出150帧的镜头，同时还支持实时颜色分级，”反叛舰队的迈克尔城市，创始人和董事总经理说。“总的来说，这个在线环境每秒提供6 GB的吞吐量。它非常令人印象深刻，它帮助我们达到了紧张的周转时间。“

Seamlessly Scaling—in the Middle of Nowhere

The StorNext platform enabled the Factorial team to scale the ingest volume—doubling its size from 200 to 400 TB—without interrupting the shooting schedule. In the middle of the production, the Factorial team was able to expand the system in a remote location, with previously ingested data still residing in the environment. “StorNext performed in the real-world exactly as was advertised, and truly let us scale the system seamlessly,” says Tim Benson, director and technology evangelist at Factorial. “The Rebel Fleet team and the film production crew were very happy.”

Providing Tremendous Capacity in a Mobile Rig

The Quantum storage systems offered the capacity for a large volume of high-resolution footage in a very dense environment. “In all, the environment processed nearly 900 TB over the course of the shoot,” says Benson. “And we managed to provide all that capacity in a rig that was the size of a deep refrigerator.”

钻机的移动性使反叛舰队团队能够在非常远程位置设置临时的在线审查环境。董事，摄影总监和其他人可以审查镜头，评价颜色等级和照明，只需在呼叫“切割”后几分钟。即时反馈允许生产团队提出批判性的创造性决策并最大限度地提高套装生产力。