Everyone keeps talking about the cloud.

Cloud benefits➔ Flexible Rendering➔ Globally Available Data➔ No more maintenance➔ Work anywhere

Cloud challenges➔ Cost➔ Unknown tech➔ Workflow changes

What if we could start over?

Our Project...

Backbone: Mesos + Docker

➔ Deployable anywhere➔ Already used at scale➔ Allows us to focus on VFX logic

Getting rid of the file system

➔ Removes bottlenecks➔ Required a new publishing

system➔ Have to optimise downloads

Organising the data➔ Must be globally available➔ Graph DB on Cassandra➔ Allows us to model ALL our

data in one place

Content creation… as a Service?

➔ No more workstations➔ Applications as services on

Mesos➔ Latency sensitive

What’s next?

Talk to usjvanns@ilm.comacarey@ilm.com

What’ve we learnt➔ Anything is possible➔ It’s not just about rendering➔ The future is bright

Tech StackGit (+LFS)DockerMesosMarathonConsulMesos-ConsulRexrayCassandraTitanTinkerpop

InfluxDBGrafanaVirtualGLTurboVNCAnsibleVarnishBotoAngular JS

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