Customer Profile
About NOV
NOV is a global technology provider delivering equipment, systems, and software used across the energy value chain. From offshore drilling to renewables, NOV supports some of the world’s largest energy operators with highly engineered, mission-critical solutions.
Within corporate marketing, a centralized 3D animation and visualization team operates globally—with artists in Houston, Austin, North Carolina, Norway, and Denmark. They collaborate to produce high-end animations and visual effects that showcase complex industrial systems to prospects worldwide.
The Problem
Sync Issues & Latency: When NOV transitioned to the AWS cloud, artists in Europe faced extreme delays—sometimes taking 10 seconds just to open a folder.
Furthermore, files often failed to sync between regions before AWS render jobs began, breaking workflows. Archiving was highly manual, requiring folders to be zipped or moved to slow blob storage where retrieval took up to 24 hours.
The Solution
Unified Global Namespace: Deployed easily via the AWS Marketplace, Hammerspace united two AWS cloud regions into a single global file system.
It eliminated browsing delays, making cloud storage feel like a local drive for remote artists. It also provided seamless multi-protocol access (SMB/NFS) and automated data tiering from NVMe to AWS S3 without breaking file paths.
“When we got Hammerspace in place, it was the last piece of the puzzle. Artists said it felt like working locally, which solved all the pain points we had. It has taken away frustration and enabled us to do work we couldn’t do before.”