Canadian Jam Filled Entertainment Deploys Qumulo

Jam Filled Entertainment, a division of Boat Rocker Media Inc., has deployed the Qumulo File Data Platform to centralize and accelerate its massive animation file stores.

It is a Canadian animation studio based in Ottawa, ONT. With clients including Nickelodeon and Netflix, it helps create premier shows like Bubble Guppies, Casagrandes, Dino Ranch and Final Space. The growing studio added staff and studio locations, but massive file data growth impacted its legacy storage systems. It turned to the File Data Platform to centralize and manage 4PB of data across three studio locations.

Leveraging the reliability and performance of Qumulo, Inc., Jam Filled was able to improve user productivity, safeguard customer deadlines and minimize stress. The File Data Platform made it simple to consolidate animation file data within a single solution that provides real-time data visibility, automation, and ease of use. The simplicity of Qumulo Data Services enables Jam Filled to meet tight production deadlines with more confidence and satisfaction.

Its IT team shifted from propping up failing systems and 15 performance-related support tickets a week, to a platform and zero performance-related support tickets. Reduced management overhead enables IT to concentrate on priority innovation while artists meet customer deadlines without stress and overtime.

“Our artists and production teams are hitting their deadlines with less stress, fewer hours and extremely high-quality animation work. They’re happier and better able to focus with the Qumulo platform’s high system uptime and accelerated performance,” said Aaron Perce, director of systems engineering, Jam Filled Entertainment. “Qumulo is straightforward and intuitive. We aren’t burning extra time with an overly complex system and third-party add-ons. With the time we gained, we can concentrate on high-priority technology innovation. That’s worth its weight in gold.“

With the Qumulo Aware real-time analytics, Jam Filled was able to identify and fix hotspots and proactively optimize the system to benefit the business, including actionable drill-down reports that are produced from the intuitive interface. IT also gained data center real estate by shrinking file storage systems from 12U to 6U and gained greater capacity within the smaller footprint.

Resources:

• Case study
• What’s New in the Qumulo File Data Platform
• Qumulo File Data Platform Software Architecture whitepaper