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Media Production Company Streamlining Cloud Storage and AI Search
Company Situation
The company operates within the media production industry, managing content gathering and storage across multiple locations in the U.S. and internationally. Their team is mid-sized, involving around three to twenty users, and they are in the process of scaling their infrastructure to support larger volumes of media assets with flexible user access.
Existing Workflow
Currently, the company relies primarily on physical NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices with multiple hard drives to store their media files. Their storage setup includes legacy hard drives and a Ugreen NAS system, providing approximately 16 terabytes of capacity, soon to be expanded to 96 terabytes. The team manually manages these drives and transfers media for production purposes.
Issues with the Existing Workflow
Reliance on aging hard drives and manual storage management limits scalability and increases risk of data loss.
Difficulty in gathering content efficiently from companies distributed across the country and globally.
Lack of seamless cloud integration and collaboration tools slows down the production process.
The team faces challenges in managing metadata, commenting, and sharing assets effectively.
The existing storage solution does not support easy remote access or streaming of large media files.
How Shade Would Change Their Workflow
Shade offers a cloud platform that integrates with their existing storage or provides cloud storage options, effectively turning the cloud into a virtual hard drive with a built-in production assistant. This allows the company to:
- Use "Bring Your Own Storage" (BYOS) with their current NAS hardware or fully utilize Shade’s cloud storage.
- Mount and stream media files locally as if they were stored on a hard drive, enabling faster access without the need for full downloads.
- Automate proxy generation for previewing footage, streamlining review and approval workflows.
- Collaborate through in-platform commenting, metadata management, and asset sharing.
- Utilize AI-powered semantic search to quickly locate media assets across their library.
- Scale storage and user access flexibly according to evolving needs, with transparent pricing options.
Benefits
- Enhanced scalability and flexibility by integrating with existing NAS or leveraging cloud storage.
- Improved remote collaboration with real-time commenting and sharing.
- Reduced manual workload through automated proxy creation and metadata handling.
- Faster media access with local mounting and streaming capabilities.
- Advanced asset search powered by AI, saving time locating files.
- Simplified onboarding and user management with flexible seat counts and storage allocation.
Technologies Used
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