Transparent Footprints: Optimizing HPC Workloads with Colocated Infrastructure - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

Facing build or lease options for their rendering farm and storage, RVX, a growing special effects studio in Iceland, needed to factor high-performance demand and environmental impact into their cost analysis. As they weighed their options, a plan formed with the help of two providers. Rui Gomes, chief technology officer at RVX had challenging projects ahead that demanded seamless access to storage resources to render films like 'Everest'. Their needs were quickly outpacing their capacity in their in-house data centre and moving to a cloud service was not an option due to the content needed to remain in a controlled environment. He faced the decision to grow what he owned or look at colocation options that could handle his high performance computing (HPC) needs for complex rendering workflows. In the end, he was able to design a solution that allowed him to check all of the boxes — scalable, accessible and fast with a bonus of an environmentally-friendly footprint. Next steps: deliver powerful, exciting virtual reality (VR) experiences using the same infrastructure. In this webinar, Gomes and his selected partners walk through his evaluation process, talk about outcomes, and discuss new opportunities. In this webinar, you’ll learn: - How Gomes compared options, prioritized objectives, and evaluated costs - About new opportunities in virtual reality using the same infrastructure - How distance of the co-located infrastructure became a non-issue even with high performance demands - Important factors in choosing a colocation partner when considering calculated cost benefit and enterprise environmental impact