Media Production Company Streamlining Storage with NAS and Cloud

The company operates within the media production industry, managing a small but growing team focused on video editing and content creation. Currently centered on a single primary editor, the team is preparing to scale their operations to include multiple editors working concurrently on both long-form and short-form video content.

At present, the editing team relies heavily on local storage solutions, primarily external hard drives (G drives) and a Network Attached Storage (NAS) system with approximately 30 to 40 terabytes of capacity. Editors access files directly from these devices, with some remote access facilitated via VPN. The workflow is largely linear, with one editor handling the bulk of the files and projects.

The current setup is becoming a bottleneck as the team approaches the storage limits of their NAS and local drives. With plans to expand the editorial team and increase content output, especially with parallel editing workflows for shorts and other projects, the limitations of local storage and manual file sharing are creating risks of slowed productivity and workflow interruptions. Remote collaboration is constrained, and the existing infrastructure isn’t optimized for cloud workflows. Additionally, the team faces potential high costs and complexity if they move to conventional cloud providers due to data egress fees and the inefficiencies of integrating on-premises storage with cloud systems.

Shade offers a cloud-native, egress-free solution designed to streamline media asset management and editing workflows. By migrating to Shade’s platform, the company can enable multi-editor access to large volumes of video content without worrying about the traditional cloud data egress costs. Shade’s system efficiently breaks files into chunks stored on S3-compliant cloud storage, optimizing performance for distributed teams. The platform also simplifies billing with a predictable pricing model and supports scalable, parallel editing workflows, enabling editors to work simultaneously on different sequences without conflict. This transition would reduce reliance on physical drives and VPNs, improving remote collaboration and operational efficiency.