Case Study: Raynault VFX achieves 1000+ cloud render nodes in minutes with Qumulo

Raynault VFX Builds Ultra-Fast Cloud Render Farm with AWS and Qumulo

Raynault VFX, a Montreal-based visual effects studio, needed a way to meet tight production deadlines without data center sprawl or long wait times for extra render capacity. Its existing hosted rendering setup and AWS Thinkbox Deadline pilot were limited, with only about 300 render nodes available when the team needed to burst much higher, and large asset uploads often exceeded 2TB.

Qumulo helped Raynault VFX implement Qumulo Cloud Q as part of the Qumulo File Data Platform on AWS, integrated with AWS Thinkbox Deadline to cache media, accelerate rendering, and scale the workflow. With Qumulo, Raynault VFX boosted capacity from 300 to 1000+ render nodes within minutes and built a stack that can scale to 3,000 nodes, improving deadline performance, reducing stress, and delivering better ROI.

Raynault VFX

Curtis Linstead

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