Performance Built Around the Workflow
Modern media production places extraordinary demands on storage and network infrastructure. From on-set capture and dailies through editorial, VFX, rendering, color and finishing, massive volumes of media must move continuously between applications, users and locations.
High-performance storage alone is not enough. Application performance is determined by the complete data path—from the creative workstation and access protocol to the network, shared file system and underlying storage.
pixitmedia pixstor and ATTO high-performance connectivity bring these components together as a coordinated workflow, creating a flexible shared-storage architecture designed to deliver the sustained performance creative teams need without creating unnecessary storage islands.
KEY BENEFITS
Keep Creative Work Moving
Give creative teams consistent access to the data they need while helping infrastructure teams simplify storage, connectivity and performance management.
Keep Creative Applications Responsive
Support the sustained data movement required by editing, VFX, rendering
and finishing workflows—even when multiple users and applications are
working simultaneously.
Eliminate Storage Islands
Keep media accessible across creative disciplines, applications and
projects without continually copying files between isolated storage
environments.
Put Performance Where It Matters
Use shared Ethernet for broad access while providing accelerated,
low-latency connectivity for the applications and hosts with the
highest performance requirements.
Optimize the Complete Data Path
ATTO connectivity helps reduce bottlenecks between workstations,
networks and storage so organizations can get more consistent
performance from the infrastructure as a whole.
Simplify Shared Infrastructure
Create a common storage foundation that supports multiple creative
applications, teams and workflow requirements without adding
unnecessary complexity.
Adapt as Production Evolves
Build on a flexible architecture capable of supporting on-premises,
distributed, remote and hybrid production models as workflow
requirements change.
HOW IT WORKS
One Infrastructure. Multiple Creative Workflows.
ATTO and pixitmedia combine shared media storage, high-performance networking and workflow optimization to deliver a more efficient path between creative applications and their data.
01
Shared Media Storage
pixstor provides a common storage environment for media assets,
allowing editorial, VFX, rendering, grading and finishing teams
to work from shared project data.
02
High-Performance Ethernet
ATTO FastFrame Ethernet connectivity links high-performance
workstations and servers to shared infrastructure with the
bandwidth and responsiveness demanded by modern media applications.
03
Accelerated Access
For applications with the highest performance demands, NVMe-oF
can provide accelerated access while the wider environment
retains the flexibility of shared storage.
04
Tune and Monitor
ATTO360 Networking gives administrators tools to monitor network
behavior, optimize ATTO connectivity and identify potential
bottlenecks before they interrupt production.
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT WORKFLOWS
Designed for the Complete Media Pipeline
Support demanding workflows from acquisition through final delivery while maintaining access to shared project data.
Production
On-Set Production & Dailies
Move increasingly large camera files into the production pipeline
for review, transcoding, archive and downstream delivery while
supporting simultaneous read and write activity.
Editorial
Editorial & Post-Production
Give editors fast, shared access to media without requiring each
application or creative group to operate from its own isolated
storage environment.
VFX
Visual Effects & Rendering
Keep large datasets accessible to VFX artists and render resources
while reducing unnecessary copying and movement between storage
systems.
Finishing
Color, Grading & Finishing
Provide the sustained throughput and responsiveness required for
high-resolution finishing workflows while maintaining access to
shared project data.
Collaboration
Distributed & Hybrid Production
Build a flexible storage strategy across locations and remote
resources to support collaboration and evolving production models.
ATTO + pixitmedia
Better Together
pixitmedia pixstor provides the shared, software-defined storage foundation. ATTO provides the high-performance connectivity between creative systems, networks and that storage.
Together, the technologies create an infrastructure designed around the realities of media production: high bandwidth, low latency, predictable data movement and the flexibility to support multiple applications, users and production models.
By optimizing the path between the workstation and shared storage, organizations can deliver performance where it matters while maintaining the accessibility and flexibility creative teams need.
Performance Across the Workflow
The performance experienced by the creative professional is determined by the complete workflow—not any single
infrastructure component.
Built for Media. Optimized by ATTO.
Build the Connection Around the Creative Workflow
Creative teams should be able to concentrate on the work—not on moving data, managing storage islands or troubleshooting inconsistent performance. ATTO and pixitmedia provide a tested approach to shared media infrastructure designed around demanding real-world production workflows.
RESOURCES
Learn More
White Paper
NVMe Over Fabric: Showcasing the Modern Production Environment
Explore the original ATTO and pixitmedia white paper behind this high-performance media workflow architecture.
ATTO Technology
FastFrame Ethernet Connectivity
Explore high-performance Ethernet connectivity engineered for demanding storage, media and data-intensive workflows.
Technology Partner
pixitmedia
Learn more about the collaboration between ATTO and pixitmedia for high-peformance shared media storage.