Animation giant selects HP scale-out storage technology

By Enterprise Innovation Editors | Jun 30, 2009

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DreamWorks Animation SKG has selected HP scale-out storage technology to store and access the data behind its cutting-edge visual productions. The animation company chose the HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage (ExDS9100) to act as an online reference library for previous films such as “Madagascar” and “Kung Fu Panda.” The new platform offers the company’s artists fast, simple access to archived content, saving valuable time and resources when developing future projects.

In addition to using it as an archiving solution, DreamWorks will use the ExDS9100 as an online backup solution for ongoing projects. This provides artists a real-time platform for sharing content and allows them to focus on creating the next DreamWorks hit movie or TV show.  The ExDS9100 provisions performance and capacity independently, allowing customers to react to changing business needs more quickly than with traditional file-based storage solutions. These capabilities have enabled DreamWorks to create a 170 TB archive – the equivalent of approximately 36,000 DVDs – as an online storage environment that provides fast, easy access to those files. DreamWorks’ goal is to “keep everything,” and with the ExDS9100’s ability to scale to 820 TB, they are well positioned to do this as well as handle future data growth.