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STORAGE SOLUTIONS storage solutions, the facility went back for more, installing E5460 and E5424 SANs total- ing 1.426 Petabytes (PB) of additional modu- lar data storage, whose connectivity is shared with its Level 3 sibling in Burbank, Encore VFX in Toronto and Encore's TV presence in Van- couver, New York and London. "SANs are integral to our facility. We do a lot of finishing, color correction and conform — we're always touching files and need quick access; nearline or offline storage won't work for us," Bodnar says. Encore Hollywood uses the larger E5460s to store lots of media for shows such as CSI, CSI: New York, Revenge, Hawaii Five-O, Castle, Body of Proof, Revolution and American Hor- ror Story. The company works on a slate of 42 shows a year. "The performance of the 5460s controller allows us to access files quickly — there's 130TB behind it," Bodnar says. The smaller 5424s handle dailies processed at the facility and are a source for concurrent client deliverables. "We looked at all the systems, and have a good rela- tionship with Integrated Media Technologies, a NetApp vendor," he explains. "We spent a lot of time talking to IMT and the NetApp folks about how we wanted to use stor- age, they understood the challenge at hand and the best tool-set for the job." Bodnar says Encore can justify its extensive storage ca- pacity "because the bandwidth required to access files is still high. When things become cloud-based it will be dif- ferent. But for now, using the right equipment makes the hassles of moving files around invisible to our clients." Bodnar cites the E-series' performance, reliability, scalabil- Encore uses larger NetApp E5460s for shows like CSI . Storage Supplement 2013RAV10FINAL READ.indd 7 2/28/13 4:57 PM