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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 12 | December 2015

Quantum StorNext Pro
Boosts Swordfish

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an Francisco-based motion design
studio Swordfish is using the
Quantum StorNext Pro Foundation
shared storage system to take on
cutting-edge projects involving massive
high-resolution media files.
Supplied by Advanced Systems Group
LLC, a systems integrator specialising
in media and entertainment, the
Quantum solution provides the highperformance storage and workflow
efficiency the Swordfish team needs
to manage its video content, including
stereoscopic 4K and heavy 3D renders
of high-resolution content up to 27K.
"Our incredibly skilled team of
designers and animators boasts
experience working on everything
from user interfaces to the most
complex visual effects at leading
studios, so storage infrastructure
is our only limiting factor in taking
motion design to the next level," said
Matt Silverman, Founder and Executive
Creative Director at Swordfish. "By
enabling us to take on any project
and almost any high-resolution file,

Quantum's StorNext Pro Foundation
has given our little studio the capacity
and performance to compete with
large
traditional
postproduction
houses."
StorNext Pro Foundation is a
complete solution that combines
StorNext 5 software, redundant
metadata controllers and highperformance storage in a simple-touse preconfigured system.
Users can deploy the solution as a
new complete storage network or,
as is the case with Swordfish, easily
integrate it into their existing storage
network.
Sized for a smaller workgroup but
able to provide the speed and power
essential to real-time playback of
massive files, StorNext Pro Foundation
gives creatives at Swordfish the ability
to work efficiently with huge volumes
of 4K RED files.
StorNext Pro Foundation connects
just as readily as any other
drive in Swordfish's Mac-based
shop. In addition, it operates so

InStudio

Quantum StorNext
Pro Foundation for
Swordfish studio

seamlessly with all the different
applications the studio uses Adobe After Effects and Premiere,
Blackmagic
DaVinci
Resolve,
Autodesk Maya, MAXON Cinema
4D, Side Effects Houdini and Tweak
Software RV for playback - that
creatives and freelancers can easily
enjoy the benefits of fast collaboration
on familiar Mac systems.
"StorNext Pro Foundation sits at
the heart of our operations, and it is
the backbone on which we're building
Swordfish," said Silverman. "As
growing demand for higher-resolution
content requires greater and greater
storage resources, we can scale our
StorNext system with confidence and

take full advantage of fibre-attached
storage to push tremendous volumes
of pixels through the pipe."
"The deployment of StorNext Pro
Foundation at Swordfish demonstrates
just how game-changing the right
shared storage solution can be,"
said Alex Grossman, Vice President,
Media and Entertainment at Quantum.
"Powered by the Quantum StorNext
5 shared storage platform, StorNext
Pro Foundation has the versatility
to address Swordfish's evolving
workflow requirements, from content
ingest from multiple sources and
collaborative high-resolution content
creation, to on-time delivery in the
appropriate format."
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