Case Study: Ant Farm achieves peak rendering performance and real-time storage visibility with Qumulo

Ant Farm Selects Qumulo Data-Aware Scale-Out NAS to Gain Visibility and Performance Needed to Handle Peak Rendering Loads

Ant Farm, a creative content agency serving major studios, TV networks, and game publishers, struggled with crushing peak rendering and design workloads, especially around E3. Its legacy HP NAS storage slowed performance and made it nearly impossible to identify which projects or users were causing bottlenecks. Ant Farm chose Qumulo’s modern scale-out storage and Qumulo Care to improve visibility and keep production moving.

With Qumulo, Ant Farm deployed four QC24 hybrid appliances and gained real-time analytics across files, directories, users, and applications. The result was faster troubleshooting, proactive bottleneck detection, and better scalability during peak demand; the team said Qumulo could diagnose issues in moments and even alert them to an internet outage before their ISP did.

Ant Farm

Sam Frankiel

IT Director