Global RAW Image Processing

A photography company lets professional photographers upload RAW images ranging from 50 MB to 2 GB, from anywhere in the world. After upload several operations must occur: generate thumbnails, extract metadata, create preview images, run AI-based image classification, and store the original permanently. Processing may take several minutes and does not need to happen immediately. The company expects millions of uploads per month, and a marketing campaign could increase uploads twentyfold for a few hours. The upload path must remain available even when the processing workers are completely overwhelmed.