March 15, 2010Fox unit installs Sun servers to expand computing capacity
Fox unit installs Sun servers to expand computing capacity
By SearchSMBAsia Editors | Jul 9, 2009
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Blue Sky Studios, a wholly-owned unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, has deployed Sun Blade servers and Sun Ultra workstations for the rendering of its new animated feature Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, giving them four times better performance than their previous solution.
Blue Sky purchased the Sun Blade X6250 server modules via Sun's Try and Buy program, which allows users to evaluate Sun systems in their own environment for 60 days at no cost and no risk with full technical support, and then buy the systems for up to 40% off list price.
Blue Sky deployed a Sun Constellation System consisting of 10 Sun Blade 6048 chassis with a total of 480 Sun Blade X6250 server modules, each powered by two Intel Xeon processor 5400 series; 120 Sun Ultra 24 workstations powered by the Intel Core 2 processor; and Sun's Enterprise Installation Services. After full implementation, Blue Sky reaped performance that was four times faster than their previous solution, allowing them to render digital frames faster and create more frames in less time. The new solution also enabled Blue Sky to improve technology support and increase design team productivity, giving the studio's designers powerful new design tools to create images for films in significantly less time.
Blue Sky needed to expand its computing capacity for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs to accommodate a tight production schedule and render more digital content in a shorter time frame. The company also wanted to produce an in-house stereo 3-D version of the film, which required higher-performance processing.
The studio also required a server with a compact design, efficient power and cooling, and competitive price/performance. Using the Sun Try and Buy program, Blue Sky chose Sun hardware after evaluating competing server solutions by HP and Angstrom.
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