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In media post-production, each phase typically deals with massive quantities of large files. Editing and visual effects work is storage-resource-intensive and, when complete, the products are archived as reference work and retained for long time periods. In the last five years alone, with the move to 3D rendering and high definition formats, the amount of storage required for post-production has increased up to ten-fold. Finished projects have doubled or tripled in size. Post-production facilities are under increased pressure to provide faster turn times, richer effects, and an ever-greater number of post-release projects to market tie-ins and licensed products and derivatives.
Post-production facilities create a massive amount of data as their main product. This data can grow to hundreds of terabytes, and often multiple petabytes. Many people and processes need to access the data quickly while a project is active. Then it continues its rich commercial life within the company, being drawn on intermittently for follow-on projects over long time periods. Thus, post-production data is critical and timely, and then dormant until it is required again, and the process is repeated.