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Essential features Avere brought to Framestore include the ability to identify hot files, improve storage load visibility, identify "rogue renders" that could wreak havoc on the system, and accelerate random and sequential read-and-write access to the system's backend storage or core filers. The Avere FXT4500 Edge filers served the render farm, freeing up the storage system to service the rest of the facility.
Framestore CTO Steve MacPherson explained that several competitive SSD-based solutions were considered - everything from building their own system based on CacheFS software to adding SSDs to the newly installed core filers.
MacPherson said, "Ultimately, Avere won the argument with its ability to deliver the type of metrics, analysis and identification of hot files essential to production efficiency. Simplicity is a key Framestore engineering design goal. Once we established the correct configuration for the Avere system, we were able to just step back and let it do its thing."
He added, "We are also very pleased with the support and technical knowledge of the Avere team at all levels - from the installation engineers to the CEO, we have been able to discuss our challenges in a way that focuses on an informed solution. The Avere Edge filers were absolutely critical to the delivery of Gravity - the most computationally demanding film Framestore has ever done. On Gravity Framestore had an unprecedented level of CG imagery being created and a huge number of people working on this material simultaneously.
"The Avere FXT 4500 edge filer, with its ability to deliver up to 150 TB of Flash in a single cluster, was built to meet the challenging demands of workloads found in the entertainment industry and other similar types of environments," said Ron Bianchini, President and CEO, Avere Systems. "Avere is thrilled to play a supporting role in the production of blockbuster movies in conjunction with Framestore."
