Qumulo: Simplifying Creative Storage

See why creative teams are choosing creative.space over Qumulo for more affordable, user-friendly storage solutions built specifically for video production workflows.

By Nick Anderson, Product Manager for creative.space at DigitalGlue

When your team grows, your storage needs grow with it. Qumulo is a well-known storage solution, built specifically for large-scale data management. It’s popular, powerful, and built to handle massive volumes of data. However, it’s also designed primarily for enterprise-scale setups, meaning the initial investment can be significantly higher—often requiring four clustered servers just to start, making it cost-prohibitive for many creative teams.

Why Qumulo?

Qumulo is built for scale, promising savings and reliability when managing large datasets across hybrid environments. It’s popular with big enterprises and has earned recognition in industry reports. Qumulo’s strength lies in efficiently handling huge volumes of data spread across multiple locations, which can be great if you’re managing petabytes of files at enterprise scale.

But What About Smaller Creative Teams?

If you’re a creative team or studio, your primary need is typically simple: speed, ease of use, and seamless collaboration without huge upfront costs or IT headaches. While Qumulo’s clustered approach is impressive, it starts out at approximately four times the cost per terabyte compared to simpler solutions. That means even before you manage your first file, you’re investing heavily just to get started.

Enter creative.space

creative.space was built specifically with creative teams in mind. It’s not just another storage platform—it’s an entire operating system, user experience, and business model designed around the everyday workflow of video editors, VFX artists, and creative directors. Here’s what that means practically:

• Instant Collaboration: Simply send a link, and your teammates instantly access the project files in Premiere, Resolve, or After Effects—no downloading or uploading, no waiting.
• Performance Without Complexity: Using intelligent ZFS technology, creative.space delivers high performance from even a modest setup (as little as four drives), rivaling complex enterprise setups without massive hardware investments.
• Simple Pricing, No Surprises: The business model is straightforward, eliminating the hidden costs and complexities associated with clustered solutions.
• Proactive Support: Instead of getting locked into expensive service agreements or being penalized for dropping an SLA, creative.space includes 24/7 proactive support and monitoring, keeping your storage running smoothly without surprise charges.

Real Teams, Real Experiences

Teams such as The Belonging Co., Brat TV, and Seed Creative transitioned from platforms like Qumulo and found immediate relief in both performance and simplicity. They didn’t just see cost savings—they reclaimed valuable creative time previously lost to complicated setups and technical troubleshooting.

And for those already invested in hardware setups like Qumulo? creative.space can seamlessly migrate your existing infrastructure to its user-friendly platform, protecting your original investment while reducing ongoing costs.

Bottom Line

Qumulo is excellent for large-scale enterprise data management, but creative teams typically need something more intuitive, cost-effective, and ready to scale affordably. creative.space isn’t just another storage solution—it’s designed specifically to let creative teams spend less time worrying about storage and more time bringing ideas to life.