Cutting Edge

Upgrading storage density and expanding data demands with Supermicro

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About Our Customer

Cutting Edge is a leading provider of sound and picture post production for the advertising, features & television industries in Australia and internationally. The company have had a long-lasting relationship with us for many years. At this point in time, they were seeking a modern, large and cost-effective storage system that could withstand their massive processing demands. We took into consideration their current storage systems they have purchased and implemented from DiGiCOR to design and create a solution that best fit their budgetary, hardware and upgradability conditions.



Testimonial

“There are a lot of providers out there for IT solutions. DiGiCOR consistently delivers on service, price and quality, making them our first choice for IT server and workstation solutions..”

- Michael Burton, Owner of Cutting Edge

Highlights

  • The company was looking for a substantial network attached storage (NAS) to fulfil postproduction file storage requirements as an archiver. The main issue was configuring a cost-effective and reliable storage system that could meet the demanding requirements of storage and speed from high resolution 4K digital video files

    • How we helped

  • With our expertise, we were able to fortify a long-term solution that optimised their servers and workstation configurations, which provided a highly effective and efficient environment that boosts their competitiveness in the post-production industry.

    • Results

  • We provided the company with a server that met their storage, network speed, and specification requirements, paired with very competitive pricing and the flexibility to make any necessary adjustments to the system

    • Key Benefits

  • Staying ahead of technology curve against competitors
  • Balance between performance and cost
  • Flexibility in future upgrades and expansions

    • Challenges

    Cutting Edge was looking for a substantial network attached storage (NAS) to fulfil postproduction file storage requirements as an archiver. The main issue was configuring a cost-effective and reliable storage system that could meet the demanding requirements of storage and speed from high resolution 4K digital video files. Due to the fact that higher resolution footage generates substantial demands on rendering, processing and storing time. Many competitors offer storage systems but also lock clients in on future upgrades and expansions as hardware will not be compatible from different brands.



    How We Helped

    With our expertise, we were able to fortify a long-term solution that optimised their servers and workstation configurations, which provided a highly effective and efficient environment that boosts their competitiveness in the post-production industry. One of the main priorities Cutting Edge had was storage density and network speeds, as their previous storage servers were becoming redundant due to the storage demands of 4K digital video files filling up their servers. We offered a long-term and high-end storage solution based on Supermicro architecture to support a massively dense storage server with seamless network speeds as a maxed-out solution.


    Featured Solution: DiGiCOR Storage Server

    DiGiCOR D3163-DE424-R
    D3163-DE424-R

    4U Rackmount Server form factor supports the following:

    • CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4/v3 family
    • RAM:Up to 2TB 3DS ECC RDIMM/LRDIMM up to DDR4-2400 MHz, 16 DIMM Slots
    • PCIe: 3x PCI-e 3.0 x16, 3x PCI-e 3.0 x8 slots
    • Networking: Dual LAN, GbE from Intel i350
    • Drive: 36x Hot-swap 3.5" SAS/SATA drive bays
    • PSU: 1200 Redundant Power Supplies

    Recommended Configuration:

    • Intel® Xeon® E5-2620v4
    • 4x 16GB DDR4 2666MHz ECC RAM
    • 2x 240GB Intel D3-S4510 Series SSD
    • 36x 10TB 7.2KRPM SATA HDD
    • Broadcom MegaRAID 9361-8i-SGL-2G Raid Controller 8-port internal SAS3
    • Intel X520-DA2 Dual Port 10 GbE SFP+
    • Intel E10GSFPSR Ethernet SFP+ Short Range

    Results

    We provided Cutting Edge with a server that met their storage, network speed, and specification requirements, paired with very competitive pricing and the flexibility to make any necessary adjustments to the system. We not only offered high quality and reliable solutions, but also focused on delivering a high level of support and service through our expert technicians. We ultimately understood their technology environment and business workload demands within their postproduction industry, which has allowed us to create a positive relationship in regularly providing IT solutions to Cutting Edge over many years.



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