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Extreme IT Makeover: New Intel Xeon Processor-Based Workstations and Blade Servers Fast-Forward Animation in India

PublisherIntel
Format PDFDate added17 Jun 2005
Topics Infrastructure Management
Downloads74

Maya Entertainment Ltd had outgrown its workstation-based IT infrastructure. Even though animators are in short supply in India, they sat idle while their workstations rendered scenes. Maya needed a completely new IT infrastructure to increase productivity and accelerate schedules when necessary to meet deadlines. With lower prices being a key attraction for filmmakers to use Indian animation studios, Maya had to control cost carefully. Based on its extensive modular computing experience, Intel Solution Services recommended new workstations and a blade server rendering farm based on cost-effective Intel Xeon processors. Once installed, Maya has seen some rendering jobs completed in a third of the time required previously.

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