Case Study: Framestore achieves up to 60% time savings in data management with Quantum Corporation's StorNext and Scalar solutions

Quantum StorNext Plays Starring Role for Award-Winning Visual Effects Leader

Framestore, an Oscar-winning visual effects and post-production studio, faced a rapid shift from film to digital that produced tens of thousands of files per project. The company needed high-performance shared access across Linux, Mac and Windows workstations and a way to manage explosive data growth—its SAN grew from 20TB to 130TB—without tying up staff in manual backup and file-movement tasks.

Framestore deployed Quantum StorNext File System with StorNext Storage Manager and a Scalar i500 tape library to provide cross-platform shared access, policy-based automated tiering, replication and tape-based protection. The solution smoothed workflows and reduced network strain, automated backups and file movement, and delivered a 30–60% reduction in data-management time (with overall efficiency gains of up to 60%), while enabling future replication for workload sharing and disaster recovery.

Framestore

Andy Howard

Head of Engineering, Commercials