How Legendary Pictures Transformed Media Management with Wasabi
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Overview
Legendary Entertainment is a leading media company with film (Legendary Pictures), television and digital (Legendary Television and Digital Media) and comics (Legendary Comics) divisions dedicated to owning, producing and delivering content to mainstream audiences with a targeted focus on the powerful fandom demographic. Through complete or joint ownership, Legendary has built a library of marquee media properties and has established itself as a trusted brand which consistently delivers high-quality, commercial entertainment including some of the world’s most popular intellectual property. In aggregate, Legendary Pictures-associated productions have realized grosses of more than $17 billion worldwide at the box office.
INDUSTRY:
Media & Entertainment
USE CASE:
Backup
Archive
Remote Collaboration
Challenges
Legendary’s media is spread across different storage formats and storage mediums. Much of their content has been kept on- premises with the rest in a number of cloud storage services. All of it was becoming expensive and the age of some hardware was becoming a big concern.
Fragmented storage environment
Media spread across different storage formats and mediums, making management more complex.
Rising storage costs
On-premises infrastructure and multiple cloud providers creating escalating expenses.
Aging hardware risks
Older on-premises equipment was raising concerns about reliability and performance.
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Solution
Legendary uses Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage to offload expensive Tier 1, on-premises storage while retaining rapid access to files. They have also migrated some content from other cloud storage services that became cost-prohibitive due to egress fees, retrieval request charges, and API charges.
At the core of operations, Covalent, Legendary’s asset management system, provides visibility into their storage infrastructure, initiates content moves, and manages various projects.
Key Features
Tier 1 storage offload
Reduced dependence on expensive on-prem capacity
Cloud migration savings
Eliminated high-fee legacy cloud storage providers
Centralized management
Unified storage oversight and workflows via Covalent
Remote editorial capability
Testing Adobe Premiere Pro integration for distributed teams
Results
Since implementing Wasabi, Legendary has significantly reduced storage costs, lowered reliance on aging on-prem hardware, and avoided unpredictable egress and micro-fees from other providers.
Centralizing much of their storage with Wasabi has broken down silos, allowing faster file access and less time spent on asset management. The move to cloud storage has also expanded remote collaboration capabilities, enabling the team to hire top talent regardless of location.
Cost savings – Reduced expenses from both on-prem storage and high-fee cloud services
Operational efficiency – Faster file location and fewer storage silos
Collaboration flexibility – Remote access to assets supports a distributed workforce
Scalable workforce strategy – Ability to recruit the best talent anywhere in the world
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