Case Study: Lola VFX accelerates real-time global collaboration with VAST Data

Fostering the Speed of Collaboration for Award-Winning VFX

Lola Visual Effects (Lola VFX), a pioneer in transformative visual effects for film, faced significant challenges due to the massive and growing volume of high-resolution footage. Their existing infrastructure could not handle 4K playback in real-time, creating bottlenecks that slowed data ingest, global collaboration, and review processes, which wasted valuable time for artists and actors. To overcome this, they sought a high-performance shared data platform and selected the VAST Data DataStore platform.

By implementing the VAST Data solution, Lola VFX consolidated its global data onto a single, high-speed platform. This allowed 60 artists using Autodesk Flame to collaborate in real-time with an aggregate throughput of 64 GB/s, eliminating the need for time-consuming RAM caching. The results were substantial, including a 2:1 data reduction ratio and a faster-than-expected ROI of 15-18 months due to major productivity gains. VAST Data enabled seamless global collaboration, streamlined administration, and unlocked new potential for future workflow automation.

Lola Visual Effects

Edson Williams

Founder