build a cloud render-ready infrastructure
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Build a Cloud Render-Ready InfrastructureWhy Compute Flexibility Matters to Framestore's Rendering Workflow
Tristan Crichton, Sr. Systems Administrator, Framestore
Jeff Kember, Cloud Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Platform
Matt Provost, Sr. Systems Engineer, Avere Systems
September 9, 2015
Today’s Speakers
Tristan CrichtonSr. Systems
AdministratorFramestore
Jeff KemberCloud Solutions Architect
Google Cloud Platform
Matt ProvostSr. Systems Engineer
Avere Systems
Housekeeping
• Recording– Available on-demand approximately 5 minutes after today’s
presentation• Resources
– White paper– Information Sheet– Links
• Questions• Please rate this webinar
Agenda
• The Framestore Story• Architecting Cloud Rendering in Google Cloud Platform• Enabling cloud compute with Avere vFXTs• Questions
Why Compute Flexibility Matters to Framestore's Rendering Workflow
Tristan Crichton, Sr. Systems Administrator
Framestore’s Path
• Framestore looks to the cloud– Why?
• Scalable, on-demand compute resource– Planning and design
• Which provider?• Who’s image?• Storage• Connectivity• Benchmarks & tuning• How to administer
Storage Topology
• On Prem vs. Cloud– Latency– Workflow– Spin up time
Connectivity
• Latency• Per instance VPN• VPN gateways• Bandwidth to Google
– ISPs– Peering
Benchmarks and Tuning
• Latency–Render environments–Pipeline tools–Job profiles–NFS caching
• Avere vFXT
Benefits
”By adding Compute Engine to our workflow and allowing our in-house capacity to focus on the studio work, everyone’s project gets computing time – and the creative team can get as imaginative as they want to, with fast views of new iterations.”
- Steve Macpherson, Framestore’s CTO
Benefits
• CTO happy– No idle hardware between peaks– Machine room/power
• Framestore– Creative flow– Render turnaround– Flexibility
Using Google Cloud Platform in Rendering Environments
Jeff Kember, Cloud Solutions Architect
VFX Unique Requirements
Changing the Business Model
Rendering Workload
Enabling Cloud Rendering
Matt Provost, Sr. Systems Engineer
Enterprise-Grade NAS for the Cloud
Avere is only solution to combine Enterprise-grade NAS with a complete feature set for the cloud.
Enterprise-grade NAS
100% CloudEnabled
Cloud GatewayVendors
Traditional NAS
Vendors
• NFS & SMB/CIFS access
• Clustering for performance and capacity scaling
• Efficient use of SSD and GCS optimizes performance and cost
• Cloud snapshots
Avere/Google Cloud Platform Use Cases
Customer Challenges• Add compute resources at
peak times• Need for 1-3 months, no
long-term commitment• Do NOT want to rewrite
applications• Do NOT want to move data
to the cloud
Avere Benefits• Virtual FXT: only scalable NAS
for compute cloud• Hide latency to on-prem NAS
and object storage• Easy setup, easy teardown• Pay only for what is used• Future: move data to the cloud
for better economics
Avere/Google Cloud Platform Use Cases
Google Cloud StorageGoogle Compute Engine
On-Prem StorageOn-Prem Compute
Bucket 2
Bucket n
Bucket 1
Physical FXT
Virtual FXT
Virtual Compute Farm
Cloud
On-prem
NAS
Cloud NAS
NAS Optimization
Cloud bursting
Cloud
gatew
ay
Cloud Bursting - Rendering
Google Compute Engine Google Cloud Storage
Physical FXT
On-Prem Storage
NAS Object
On-Prem Compute
Virtual FXT
Virtual Render Farm
Google Compute Engine
On-Prem Render Farm
Create
100’s ‒ 1,000’s of artistsGlobally distributed
Render/Composite
20k ‒ 100k CoresAvere performance accelerator
Store
Multiple tiersCost-effective & resilient
Los Angeles
Vancouver
New York
London
India
Artists
Cloud Render Farm
FXT
Google Cloud Storage
Standard
Nearline
T2T1
T3100’s TB Multi-
PB
“any to any”
FXT
Next Steps
• Questions• How to get started• Please download resources• Please rate this webinar
Speaker Contact Information
Tristan CrichtonSr. Systems Administrator
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Jeff KemberCloud Solutions Architect
Google Cloud [email protected]
Matt ProvostSr. Systems Engineer
Avere [email protected]
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