Atto and AC&NC Delivers FC SAN Storage Solution to 5600 °K Productions Studio

Atto Technology, Inc. and AC&NC joined forces to provide a performance storage solution to 5600 °K Productions, an international provider of film and video services.

The solution, featuring Atto Celerity 16Gb FC HBAs and a JetStor 816FX FC SAN platform with 16x12TB SAS drives, represents a model of performance and function for new and existing studios looking to achieve a balance between high workloads, increasing image resolutions, scene and production complexity, manageability and ROI.

Celerity 16Gb FC HBA

5600 °K Productions required speed and reliability in its new storage architecture, able to produce current projects as well as all those going forward. The joint Atto/AC&NC JetStor system reliably stores up to 5TB of multi-camera footage every day.

“Our [new] system has met our every expectation,” said Justin Antippa, producer and director, 5600 °K Productions. “Even with 8 editors and 2 animators working with huge files simultaneously, the solution provides the speed and reliability to meet our every deadline. Our clients are happy, which makes us happy.”

“FC continues to show its strength in high-performance, high-reliability applications just like they needed at 5600 °K’s new facility,” said Timothy J. Klein, president and CEO, Atto. “Built around JetStor’s advanced, hybrid storage technology, any studio would be ready to tackle the next generation of media production with this solution.”

JetStor 816FX front and rear

The JetStor 816FX performance 16-bay FC SAN storage system features Intel’s D1500 dual-core processor, 12Gb SAS 3.0 technology, and the SANOS 4.0 (SAN Storage Management OS v4.0) by QSAN Technology, Inc. It’s populated with Celerity FC HBAs that deliver up to 3,200MB/s throughput per port in full-duplex mode.

Resource:
Solution brief 5600 °K Productions