Pure Storage announced that PhantomFX has successfully upgraded its data storage and management infrastructure to the Pure Storage platform to improve production times, business resilience and energy consumption.
“Data is the lifeblood for the companies in the visual effects industry like PhantomVFX. Any misstep could result in damaging financial losses. Pure Storage is proud to be able to support these companies with business impactful technology solutions that provide them with a strong foundation for growth,” said Ramanujam Komanduri, country manager, India, Pure Storage.
Benefits
Pure Storage and its channel partner, Techfruits Solutions collaborated with PhantomFX to consolidate data from its fragmented storage systems onto the Pure Storage platform.
The benefits to PhantomFX included improvedproductivity and faster time to market, business resilience against threats, reduction in carbon footprint, and a future-proof technology built for scale.
“The timelines for movies are very tight, and we need to be fast and accurate in what we do. If artists lose time in copying data to and from the storage system, it leads to a waste of production time and money. FlashBlade’s real-time storage helps us meet deadlines without any hassles and has saved us around 30% of man-hours and machine-hours every day,” said Boopathy Thangamuthu, IT Manager, PhantomFX.
Productivity boost
“TechFruits’ in-depth understanding of PhantomFX's data storage challenges led us to recommend Pure Storage FlashBlade//S. This powerful solution's By eliminating bottlenecks and network latency, the solution has optimised workflows and significantly reduced data transfer times. This translates to a 30% boost in productivity for PhantomFX's VFX artists, allowing them to focus on their core expertise: creating stunning visual effects,” said Lenin Christopher, director at TechFruits.
