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Headline	I.E. Effects Boosts Stereo 3D Pipeline With Isilon Storage
Article	Facility Installs IQ6000x to Connect Culver City and New Michigan Location I.E. Effects has installed an Isilon IQ6000x cluster storage system at its Culver City location. With several large stereoscopic projects currently active, the Isilon system expands the company’s ability to manage the data and throughput requirements of multiple jobs. For clients this means increased efficiency and reliability for demanding stereo 3D projects. “The Isilon has a load balancing feature that distributes the bandwidth evenly across all the storage nodes. This keeps it running efficiently as you scale up,” said Mike Braico, Executive Vice President of Sales at Integrated Media Technologies (IMT) who installed the system for I.E. Effects. Based in North Hollywood, IMT has been helping facilities build stereo 3D production infrastructures since the company started in 2006. This expertise made them a natural fit for I.E. Effects in selecting and configuring the new system. “The explosion in 3D capable digital cinema screens over the last 3 years, and consumers interest in paying for the 3D entertainment will increase the demand for stereo 3D post services,” explained Braico. “I.E. Effects’ experience in doing 3D productions like Michael Jackson’s 'This is It,' gives them a leg up on the competition for producing quality stereoscopic content at competitive prices.” By using the Isilon SyncIQ replication architecture, the system also allows I.E. Effects to sync and deliver digital content seamlessly between Culver City and the newly-opened Michigan location. Having linked storage systems at separate sites also creates a super-redundancy.
Company	I.E. Effects
Date Published	5/2/2010