Network Management and Design for an Animation and Creative Studio

Abstract

Filipino artists are in-demand for outsourcing and freelance work. This caused animation studios to slowly gain popularity in the Philippines. A rarity in the eyes of the public but slowly growing asmultimedia and entertainment grow overseas. Effective computer networking can improve the animation project’s production as it will lessen the time for file transfers, updates, and the need to constantly upload assets online through cloud storage. If the network is managed effectively; all progress, updates, animation frames, and assets will be accessible to all the artists in realtime. In this paper, a proposed network design for a small animation studio was developed. During the planning, the building layout does not matter as the floor plan isdesigned to be a single open space room, this decisionwas determined as most art studios rent commercial buildings that offer open space layouts. This will also benefit collaboration and communication as animation projects rely heavily on teamwork. As this paper will be used as the first step in building a new animation studio, detailed logical and physical network designs with ideal network equipment and technologies were proposed as part of the building guide.