Lightstorm Entertainment

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CUSTOMER STORIES It takes more than magic to make movies at this scale

Lightstorm Entertainment
Customer - Lightstorm Entertainment​

Industry- Media & Entertainment

Location - United States

Vision

James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment creates stunning films that fully rely on digital technology. Collaborating with Dell Technologies helped them seamlessly capture, store and share vast amounts of data.

Solution

Creating immersive storytelling today relies on breakthrough technology. Lightstorm needed storage, server, data protection and security solutions that could fit the needs of hundreds of artists and ensure efficient productions.

Impact

Dell Technologies’ scalable storage and server infrastructure enables Lightstorm to solve the exceptional challenge of handling hundreds of millions of real-time files across several sites worldwide.

"Dell Technologies has been a valued partner for more than a decade and will continue to play an important role into the future."

Tim Bicio, Chief Technology Officer, Lightstorm Entertainment

Business Results

Meets the challenge of storing hundreds of millions of real-time files.
Keeps pace with data demands growing 10x-15x from film to film.
Replicates and cross-checks data between online and nearline sites.
Securely archives data to a private cloud for peace of mind.

How Lightstorm Leveraged Dell Technologies

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Dell PowerScale Storage

Scale easily with storage that’s ready for any workload.

Dell ECS

Empowering organizations to support enterprise workloads at scale.

Dell PowerEdge Servers

Powering workloads with servers designed with performance, easy management and integrated security.

Dell VxRail

Modernize the data center, accelerate the path to hybrid cloud and enable cloud native applications.
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