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Case Study of Thunderbolt 3 Shareable Storage in RGBworks Studios

RGBworks Studios (hereinafter referred to as RGBworks) is a professional film and post-production company composed of senior directors and senior film and television producers in Hong Kong. It has several professional post-production suites, including color theaters for cinema movie gamut, color rooms specially designed for DOBLY VISION and HDR, and multiple color studios for post-production of TV series, Internet dramas, online movies, etc.

The management team of RGBworks has a wealth of resources in the industry and close ties with the film and television industry in Hong Kong and China. The team has professional knowledge and rich experience in both pre-production and post-production work, and therefore can accurately meet customers' requirements for color. RGBworks is a professional color correction company with many senior post-production operators and colorists. In addition, it is also a certified training center for Blackmagic Design and Dolby Vision certified color grading house. The post-grading of many movies also came from RGBworks, such as the movie "Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch" and "Big Superstition: Year of the Pig," the entertainment TV shows "The Sound 2019" and "Amazing Voice," the online movie "My Kickass Wife," etc.

RGBworks uses Apple's Mac for color correction and editing. From MacBook Pro to the latest iMac Pro, all Mac devices are working independently. Data sharing has to be done by moving storage devices or copying data to/from each other, which not only wastes usability but also reduces work efficiency. When it comes to other solutions, the bandwidth of traditional NAS cannot fulfill the working requirements of RGBworks. Although FC SAN can provide sufficient bandwidth, the high cost makes it prohibitive.

İş akışlarını ve veri paylaşımı ile performans gereksinimlerini anladıktan sonra RGBworks'e T-Share (Thunderbolt 3 paylaşılabilir depolama) çözümümüzü önerdik.

Accusys'in T-Share serisinden iki A12T3-Share, iki üretim odasına esnek bir şekilde dağıtılmış ve PCIe kablolarıyla Accusys'in ThunderBox'ına (PCIe 3.0 genişletme kutusu) bağlanmıştır. Renk düzeltme odalarındaki ana bilgisayarlar da Accusys'in C2M (PCIe - Thunderbolt dönüştürücü) ve PCIe kablolarıyla ThunderBox'a bağlanmıştır. Bu sayede renk düzeltme odası ile diğer iki üretim odası arasındaki mesafe sorunu ortadan kaldırılmıştır. Apple'ın Xsan dosya sistemiyle, RGBworks'ün tüm Mac ana bilgisayarları aynı depolama havuzuna erişebilir, malzeme paylaşabilir ve iş verimliliğini artırabilir.

RGBworks, bu esnek Thunderbolt 3 paylaşılabilir depolama sistemiyle veri girişi, paylaşımı, düzenlemesi, renk eşleştirmesi ve yedekleme ihtiyaçlarını karşılıyor. 2000 MB/sn'nin üzerindeki okuma ve yazma performansı, RGBworks'ün profesyonel ve hızlı tempolu üst düzey renk düzeltme çalışmalarının gereksinimlerini tam olarak karşılayabilir ve süreç, iş birliği, hız ve basitlik çalışma yöntemlerini pratiğe dökebilir.

Bu Accusys T-Share SAN, mükemmel performans sunmanın yanı sıra, geleneksel FC SAN çözümlerinden çok daha düşük bir fiyata sahiptir. Dahası, bu T-Share sisteminin esnek dağıtımı, karmaşık ortamlarda daha fazla kullanıcının kullanışlı uygulamalardan yararlanmasını sağlar.

Case Study: HA-AP Appliance in a Large Cigarette Factory in China — Part 2 of 3

Preface

Last month we introduced the profile of a large cigarette factory (or "CSCF" for short) and its challenge in guaranteeing data protection and business continuity. The CSCF technical team eventually decided on the HA-AP high-availability storage architecture to protect against any single-point of failure in the storage system. In this issue, we will illustrate why the HA-AP high-availability storage architecture fits the bill.

Solution: The HA-AP High-availability Storage Architecture

For the CSCF technical team, the HA-AP high-availability storage architecture offers the following technical advantages over other comparable solutions:

After three days of cooperation between CSCF and the Loxoll team, the deployment of the same-site active-active data center was completed and passed the acceptance tests by the CSCF technical team. So far, the new data center has been running flawlessly for three months since November 2019. What is the overall architecture design of this solution? What changes has the new data center brought to the core business system of CSCF? Please stay tuned for our next issue.