Case Study: Animal Logic achieves 10x data throughput and doubled storage for photoreal animation with Dell Technologies

Animal Logic brings animated movies to life through the power of Dell Technologies

Animal Logic, an Australian visual-effects and animation studio behind films like Peter Rabbit and Captain Marvel, needed to scale compute, storage and network performance to meet the heavy I/O and rendering demands of hybrid animated productions. To address these requirements it partnered with Dell Technologies, deploying solutions such as Dell EMC Networking (Z and S Series), Dell EMC Isilon storage, Dell Precision workstations, Dell monitors and Dell EMC VxRail.

Dell Technologies implemented a modern leaf‑spine network using Dell EMC Networking switches, upgraded storage with next‑generation Dell EMC Isilon (including flash tiers), and supplied artist workstations and monitors; the deployment delivered a tenfold increase in throughput between data centers, doubled storage capacity and IOPS, reduced data center footprint and power/cooling needs, and improved disaster recovery—enabling Animal Logic to sustain high‑quality, photo‑real animation workflows.

Animal Logic

Radu Vintila

Systems Engineering Supervisor