Facilis, a supplier of cost-effective, high performance shared storage systems and
dynamic workflow solutions for the film, broadcast and AV markets, has delivered
and commissioned a 48TB TerraBlock 24D shared storage system to Norwegian
film, TV and commercial post house, Oslo Post Company.
For this creative post house, file access and organisation are paramount to its daily
operations. The creative team is tasked with delivering post-production services for
a large volume of films, commercials, reality television shows and documentaries.
In order to get each project out the door in a timely fashion, the facility’s crew
relies on an extensive arsenal of post-production tools. Acting as a central pool
from which employees can quickly save and share project files, TerraBlock has
been a huge boon to collaboration and productivity within the company since it
came on-stream.
“There’s a constant influx of work here,’ said facility owner Theodor Kristensen. “So
many different editors and colourists are contributing to projects simultaneously, so
it’s critical that we keep everything catalogued in one place where our team can
instantly access it. That’s where TerraBlock comes in. There’s no way we’d be able
to do what we do without an important system like TerraBlock.’
Home to an eclectic mix of post-production gear, the facility houses six Avid Media
Composer suites for editorial and an Assimilate Scratch workstation for colour
grading, as well as Autodesk Flame and Flame Assist bays, workstations with both
The Foundry Nuke and Autodesk 3ds Max, a BlackMagic Design DaVinci Resolve
suite, and other multi-use machines housing both Scratch and Adobe Creative
Cloud. All of these systems are connected to TerraBlock via a combination of 1 and
10Gb Ethernet.
Even when managing a full slate of HD and 2K projects with several systems
running full speed, the TerraBlock continues to perform seamlessly for Oslo Post
Company. Kristensen explained, “No matter how much we throw at it, TerraBlock
runs smoothly; there’s never any lag. And, even if there’s a problem, Facilis’
support team is quick to respond, help us figure out where we went wrong and get
us back on track.’
