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Category: High Performance Computing

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Reduce burst render times with Amazon File Cache

In the fast-paced world of movie-making, time is money. Modern films and TV shows can have hundreds, or thousands, of Visual Effects (VFX) shots that need to be created and finalized on tight deadlines. The creation of the final images where geometry, textures, lighting, and other elements are combined for a high-resolution output, a process […]

Persistent storage for high-performance workloads using Amazon FSx for Lustre

High-performance file systems are often divided into two types: scratch and persistent. Scratch file systems provide temporary storage with high-performance characteristics such as submillisecond latency, up to hundreds of gigabytes per second of throughput, and millions of IOPS for short-term workloads. By contrast, persistent file systems are designed to combine the performance levels of their […]