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FilmLight Baselight is a color grading and image processing system that is widely used in cinematic production. Traditionally, Baselight DI workflows are the domain of SAN or block storage. With the latest Dell PowerScale OneFS, all-flash PowerScale nodes can support the demanding requirements of Baselight workflows including 8K and high frame rate 4K uncompressed playback.
This white paper includes details about how Baselight uses external storage and how best to connect PowerScale storage to the system. The paper also includes information about the various caching mechanisms in Baselight. When designing a storage infrastructure to support Baselight playback, understanding the interaction between the Baselight timeline, internal cache, and external storage is essential. Leveraging PowerScale support of Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) or nconnect, as described in this paper, is another essential step in achieving the high throughput requirements of Baselight playback.