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Archival Infrastructure & Deployment

Your Guide to Deploying PFClean

Restoration performance depends as much on the hardware and infrastructure underneath PFClean as it does on the software itself. This section covers hardware specifications and benchmarks for restoration workloads specifically, CPU, GPU, storage, and network throughput requirements at different scales, from a single artist workstation up to a facility processing archival material across dozens of seats. It also covers how PFClean fits into the broader infrastructure of a large film archive or restoration facility: integration with existing storage and asset management systems, licensing across teams and sites, and the practical considerations of rolling PFClean into a pipeline that's already running at production scale without disrupting work in progress.

Infrastructure & Deployment

Adam Hawkes

PFClean Restoration Benchmark: The Mac Mini M4 Pro

A benchmark of PFClean's DPX 10-bit restoration performance on the Mac Mini M4 Pro, covering export times, cost efficiency, and hardware recommendations for 4K film restoration workflows.

Infrastructure & Deployment

Adam Hawkes

PFClean Hardware Guide

Maximise PFClean's performance with our 2026 hardware guide. The M4 Pro Mac Mini outperforms workstations costing 10x more — see recommended configs for macOS, Windows & Linux.

Infrastructure & Deployment

Adam Hawkes

Colour-management for film & video restoration in PFClean

Learn how OpenColorIO (OCIO) colour management works in PFClean — manage colourspace, gamut and archival exports without losing image data.

FAQ

  • Requirements vary by scale, from a single artist workstation up to a facility processing material across dozens of seats. This section covers CPU, GPU, storage, and network throughput specifications and benchmarks specific to PFClean restoration workloads.

  • PFClean is built to sit alongside existing storage and asset management systems rather than replace them, and this section covers the practical integration points, along with licensing across teams and sites.

  • Yes. The guidance here covers deployment at facility scale specifically, hardware and infrastructure planning for processing archival material across many artists and workstations, not just a single-seat setup.

  • This section covers the practical rollout considerations for introducing or expanding PFClean within a pipeline that's already running at production scale, so it can be planned around existing work rather than disrupting it.

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