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Documentary Studio Streamlining Remote Editing with Synology NAS
Company Situation
The company operates within the media production industry, specifically managing large-scale documentary projects. Their team is distributed across multiple locations, including remote collaborators such as animators and editors. The company handles massive volumes of high-resolution footage, currently around 50 terabytes, with plans to increase this by an additional 10 terabytes. The editing timeline spans approximately six months, requiring robust and efficient shared storage solutions for seamless collaboration.
Existing Workflow
Currently, the company utilizes a combination of local network-attached storage (NAS) via Synology devices and cloud-based review platforms such as Frame.io. They have also experimented with other cloud storage and proxy management tools like Lucidlink but faced connectivity and multi-user access issues. Google Drive and other common cloud storage platforms were evaluated but deemed insufficient for their high-resolution media needs and collaborative workflows.
Issues with the Existing Workflow
Connectivity problems and disconnections with existing cloud solutions, limiting reliable multi-user access.
Difficulty managing high-resolution media storage and editing collaboratively across geographically dispersed team members.
High costs associated with storing and working on full-resolution footage in the cloud, with pricing estimates reaching tens of thousands annually for the required storage volume.
Lack of an integrated solution to handle proxy workflows efficiently while maintaining access to original media files.
Challenges in setting up and managing shared drives that support project locking and version control during simultaneous editing.
How Shade Would Change Their Workflow
Shade offers a scalable cloud storage and collaboration platform designed to handle large volumes of high-resolution media with optimized proxy workflows. By integrating Shade, the company can:
- Store full-resolution media or proxies depending on budget and workflow needs, with flexible pricing models based on usage and storage.
- Seamlessly share a centralized cloud-mounted drive among multiple remote users, supporting simultaneous collaborative editing with project locking and unlocking features.
- Integrate existing cloud storage services (S3-compatible) if applicable, or leverage Shade’s own cloud storage infrastructure.
- Overcome previous connectivity and multi-user access issues experienced with other platforms, providing a more stable and reliable environment for the editing team.
- Manage transfer speeds and bandwidth usage via adjustable throttling settings to optimize performance across different locations.
Benefits
- Reliable multi-user access to large-scale, high-resolution media projects.
- Streamlined proxy and original media workflows tailored to company budget and editing requirements.
- Enhanced collaboration with project locking to prevent editing conflicts.
- Flexibility to bring existing cloud storage or use Shade’s storage solutions.
- Cost efficiency through scalable pricing aligned with actual storage and user needs.
- Improved stability and connectivity compared to previous cloud-based solutions.
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