This Guidance shows you how to deploy a cloud-based video editing workstation using an AWS CloudFormation template to automate your setup. The template creates a Windows Server environment with graphics support for video editing software. The setup provides secure remote access to your workstation and automated network storage for your media files. You can choose your preferred video editing software and begin working with minimal technical configuration.

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Well-Architected Pillars

The AWS Well-Architected Framework helps you understand the pros and cons of the decisions you make when building systems in the cloud. The six pillars of the Framework allow you to learn architectural best practices for designing and operating reliable, secure, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable systems. Using the AWS Well-Architected Tool, available at no charge in the AWS Management Console, you can review your workloads against these best practices by answering a set of questions for each pillar.

The architecture diagram above is an example of a Solution created with Well-Architected best practices in mind. To be fully Well-Architected, you should follow as many Well-Architected best practices as possible.

  • AWS CloudTrail provides comprehensive tracking of all infrastructure assets. Integrated logging from Amazon EC2 instances, FSx for Windows File Server, and Directory Service delivers observability of the components for this solution. This monitoring system enables real-time tracking and immediate response to operational issues.

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  • This solution implements a multi-layered security approach through Directory Service for user administration and authentication. FSx for Windows File Server integrates with Microsoft Active Directory for seamless Windows environment management. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles enforce least-privilege access through granular permissions. Security groups control network traffic between specified Internet Protocol (IP) ranges and the edit host instance. Additionally, the architecture implements specific controls for FSx for Windows File Server access through security group configurations.

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  • FSx for Windows File Server manages core reliability functions. These include file server setup, storage volume provisioning, data replication, and failover management. This automated approach eliminates administrative overhead for consistent system performance.

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  • This Guidance relies on the Amazon EC2 G4dn instance which provides high performance and is cost effective for graphics applications that are optimized for NVIDIA GPUs. G4dn instances have up to 1.8X better graphics performance and up to 2X video transcoding capability over the previous generation G3 instances.

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  • The cost for running this Guidance varies based on several factors, including how long you keep your Amazon EC2 instance running, how much data you transfer into AWS, and other service costs associated with this Guidance. For example, this Guidance does not deploy an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket; however, it allows you to configure your own Amazon S3 bucket for media file storage.

    Lastly, you can measure the efficiency of the workloads, and the costs associated with delivery, by using AWS Systems Manager Application Manager.

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  • Video editors, loggers, graphic designers, colorists, and other post-production team members work on cloud-based virtual computers using an Amazon EC2 instance and FSx for Windows File Server storage instead of dedicated systems at their desk. This reduces idle resources, the need for temporary transfer storage devices, and also provides the right-size computer to meet your project’s requirements

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