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Digital Media Firm Migrating to Cloud-First Content Production
Company Situation
The company operates within the digital media and content production space, supporting a team focused on cloud-native workflows. Their organization has fully transitioned from on-premise file servers to a cloud-first file service model. Their data scale ranges in the tens of terabytes, with plans for multi-region replication and storage redundancy.
Existing Workflow
Currently, the company uses a cloud file service platform (LucidLink) as a replacement for traditional on-premise file servers. Their data resides primarily in Amazon S3 buckets, with plans to maintain replicated copies in alternative S3-compatible storage. The system supports their remote teams accessing large media files without local storage constraints.
Issues with the Existing Workflow
The company faces challenges related to vendor pricing changes and the need for flexibility in storage management. They are exploring alternatives due to unexpected price hikes and seek a platform that can provide seamless migration without data loss or workflow interruption. They also want the ability to bring their own storage infrastructure rather than being locked into proprietary solutions.
How Shade Would Change Their Workflow
Shade offers a direct competitor solution to LucidLink, providing an enterprise-ready platform that supports cloud-native media workflows with enhanced capabilities. Shade’s migration team and custom-built data migration platform enable a frictionless transition by handling all data transfer, preserving folder structures, file integrity, and metadata. Shade supports “bring your own storage” models, allowing companies to continue using their existing S3 buckets or other cloud storage providers without mandatory storage purchase. This flexibility simplifies vendor approval and procurement processes and reduces risk during migration.
Benefits
- Seamless migration with zero data loss, preserving metadata and folder structures
- Dedicated migration team to manage the entire transition process
- Support for large-scale data volumes, from tens of terabytes to petabytes
- Ability to bring your own cloud storage, avoiding vendor lock-in
- Competitive pricing with transparency and control over storage costs
- Enterprise-ready features designed to scale with growing media teams
- Reduced operational disruption during vendor transition
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