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Quantum, a global leader in storage, delivers highly
reliable backup, archive, and workflow solutions that meet demanding
requirements for data integrity, availability, and performance. Within Media
& Entertainment, Quantum is known for its innovative software and tape
solutions that enable customers to earn revenue faster and control data
retention costs.
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About StorNext
4.0
New Quantum StorNext 4.0 Software Enriches Data Sharing and
Management in High-Performance, High Data Growth Environments
Builds on Workflow and Tiered Storage Expertise With Integrated
Deduplication, Policy-Based Replication and Expanded File Management and
Archiving Capabilities
Quantum Corp., the leading global specialist in
backup, recovery and archive, today announced the latest release of its highly
scalable StorNext® data management software. Unprecedented growth in
unstructured data, rich file formats resulting from advancements in digital
technologies, and extended life expectancy of digital assets can strain
existing storage infrastructures. StorNext 4.0 provides enhanced high-speed
data sharing and management capabilities to combat these challenges. Ideal for
media and entertainment, life sciences and other high-performance computing
environments, StorNext 4.0 builds on Quantum's expertise in delivering workflow
and tiered storage solutions for greater efficiency and reduced management
overhead. Robust new features include integrated file system deduplication, a
flexible replication engine and distributed data tiering, as well as
timecode-based partial file retrieval and a Web services-based management
console.
StorNext now provides advanced data deduplication natively in
the file system for nearline data and multi-site environments. This new
capability is ideally suited for high data growth enterprises where a massive
amount of data is continually processed, stored and accessed. Quantum's
patented variable-length deduplication technology finds redundant data blocks
across files and stores only unique data. Previously applied only to Quantum's
backup solutions, this technology is leveraged in StorNext 4.0 to enable even
greater cost savings and better storage management.
StorNext's
robust replication feature provides many options for protecting and managing
data across distributed environments. StorNext customers can now protect
against unforeseen disasters by replicating critical data to another remote
location. Data from a single site or multiple branch offices can be
consolidated or protected, enabling continued operations if the source location
becomes unavailable. Customers can also adopt a data distribution strategy to
achieve 24/7 global workflow, reducing project timelines and cost. In addition,
with its deduplication functionality, StorNext 4.0 can intelligently replicate
only unique data, thereby significantly reducing network bandwidth
requirements.
"With such high volumes of data generated daily from DNA
sequencing, and the need to access hundreds of terabytes of data at any given
time, StorNext offers the scalability and support we need," said Geraint
Morgan, director of Information Systems at Baylor College of Medicine's Human
Genome Sequencing Center. "Over the next year, we expect storage requirements
of over two petabytes, and we hope to leverage StorNext's new deduplication
advancements and enterprise replication features to accommodate this growth."
Customers with very high throughput requirements for tiering can
also take advantage of the new distributed data tiering support in StorNext 4.0
through the addition of "Distributed Data Mover" (DDM) functionality. DDM acts
as the conduit for passing data to and from the storage tiers. By adding more
DDMs to a StorNext solution, system performance dramatically scales for
archives that become more active. DDMs enable reads and writes of file copies
for data preservation and retrieval while still providing fast access to data
via the copy on primary disk.
Additional new features in
StorNext 4.0 include:
-- Timecode-based Partial File Retrieval (PFR):
Streamlines workflow in media asset management applications so that segments of
large media files -- rather than the entire file -- can be quickly retrieved
and utilized based on timecode parameters.
-- Web
Services-based Management Console: Improves integration and streamlines
management and monitoring through an XML-based graphical user interface
(GUI).
"Unstructured data is the fastest growing data in the data center, growing at a
compound annual rate of 55 percent and dramatically increasing storage and data
management requirements in nearly all environments," said Terri McClure, senior
analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "At the same time, our research suggests
that despite the improving economy users remain under pressure to drive down
operational costs. As a result, end users -- particularly those moving to more
cloud-like architectures -- need a transparently scalable and cost-effective
data repository that can leverage efficient file sharing and tiered storage
strategies. These types of repositories will enable them to keep up with the
data growth and protect the information generated while keeping system
management costs in check. With StorNext 4.0, Quantum is positioned to address
these needs with features that raise the bar for high-speed data sharing,
resilient data protection and simplified data management in terabyte to
multi-petabyte environments."
StorNext is comprised of two core software
components: StorNext File System and StorNext Storage Manager™. The
StorNext File System enables companies to share files easily and preserve
investments by giving applications running on UNIX, Linux, Windows and/or
Macintosh operating systems concurrent access to a common file store. Its open
architecture makes StorNext highly scalable and allows data sharing by both
SAN- and LAN-based clients. StorNext is also storage vendor agnostic, enabling
users to leverage any mix of disk and tape. StorNext Storage Manager provides
automated movement of data between different storage tiers based on
user-defined policies and file access requirements. Combined with DDM, StorNext
Storage Manager is ideal for large-scale storage environments. In addition,
because it integrates with the virtualization capabilities of the StorNext File
System, Storage Manager makes files accessible to client applications
regardless of whether they are stored onsite or offsite.
"We have over
50,000 StorNext File System licenses, hundreds of petabytes of data under
management, and a customer base that includes many of the world's top media and
high-performance computing organizations," said Janae Lee, senior vice
president of Marketing at Quantum. "With the growing proliferation of massive
data files, we leveraged Quantum's expertise in shared workflow and tiered
storage in StorNext 4.0 to provide our installed base and other customers with
an efficient and more cost-effective way to meet their high-speed data sharing,
management and protection needs."
StorNext 4.0 will be available next month through
Quantum and its worldwide channel and distribution partners.
For more
information about StorNext and the benefits StorNext customers are
experiencing, visit http://www.quantum.com/StorNext and
http://www.quantum.com/Solutions/QandU/Index.aspx, respectively.
About Quantum
Quantum
Corp. (NYSE: QTM) is the leading global storage company specializing in backup,
recovery and archive. Combining focused expertise, customer-driven innovation,
and platform independence, Quantum provides a comprehensive, integrated range
of disk, tape, and software solutions supported by a world-class sales and
service organization. This includes the DXi™-Series, the first disk backup
solutions to extend the power of data deduplication and replication across the
distributed enterprise. As a long-standing and trusted partner, the company
works closely with a broad network of resellers, OEMs and other suppliers to
meet customers' evolving data protection needs. Quantum Corp., 1650 Technology
Drive, Suite 800, San Jose, CA 95110, (408) 944-4000,
www.quantum.com. |
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