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Quantum Introduces Myriad™ Software-Defined All-Flash Storage Platform for the Enterprise

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Last week, we introduced Quantum Myriad , an all-flash file and object storage platform based on a modern, cloud-native software architecture that avoids the limitations of legacy NAS storage systems. Leveraging advances in application frameworks and design that were not available even a few years ago, Myriad’s modern cloud-native architecture makes it an easy-to-use solution that overcomes the limitations of hardware-centric designs and enables customers to adapt to future storage needs while reducing the burden on over-extended IT staff. It brings new levels of simplicity and adaptability to high-performance workloads without the constraints of specialized hardware.

Myriad expands Quantum’s portfolio of solutions for unstructured data and is ideally suited for emerging high-growth use cases that require more performance and more scale, including AI and machine learning, modern data lakes, VFX and animation, and other high-bandwidth and high IOPs applications. These use cases are driving growth in the market for dedicated scale-out file and object storage, expected to grow at a 12% CAGR from 2020-2026 and be a $19.1 billion market by 2026 according to the IDC File and Object Storage Market Update and Forecast.

Key highlights include:

  • Scale-out software architecture delivers consistent, low-latency performance for high-bandwidth and high-IOPs applications.
  • A cloud-native microservices architecture orchestrated by Kubernetes provides a resilient, “always on” architecture, and delivers new features and fixes rapidly with less risk.
  • Automated storage management allows a cluster to be scaled or modified without user intervention and the need for advanced IT skills.
  • Self-healing, self-balancing software automatically rebuilds data in the background while also rebalancing data as storage clusters expand, shrink, and change.
  • Inline data deduplication and compression reduce the cost of flash storage and improve data efficiencies relative to legacy storage platforms.
  • Simplified data protection and recovery through built-in snapshots, clones, snapshot recovery tools, and rollback capabilities.

Myriad Introduction Video

Listen to Quantum’s CDO and CRO discuss how Myriad’s file and object storage software changes the game for unstructured data management, delivering simplicity, flexibility, and adaptability on-prem and in any cloud. Watch video .

To learn more about Myriad, visit the Myriad product page or request a demo .

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IDC Perspective: Why Today’s Unstructured Data Needs a Modern, Flexible Software Solution

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Over the last few years, enterprises have seen a dramatic growth in the amount of data generated, and the pace of this growth has been accelerating. Not only is the amount of data growing, but the type of the data is changing as well. A decade ago, most of the data generated came from databases, often referred to as ‘structured’ data. 

Now, a majority of data is coming from ‘unstructured’ sources, such as video data, files, rich imaging, and artificial intelligence applications. These new types of applications require a modern, high-performance storage platform to manage the data and to extract maximum business value from it. These new storage platforms will need to leverage the latest technologies, such as containers and NVMe storage, for the highest performance, simplicity, and flexibility both on-premises and in the cloud and will need to be much easier to operate. Previous generations of storage systems are cumbersome and complex—never intended to run today’s unstructured data applications– and often require advanced IT skills to manage the system.

Here’s a video from IDC to hear their perspective on the challenges of managing unstructured data and the need for a new type of storage solution. At Quantum, we’re listening to our customers and ready to meet the new era of data and help solve those challenges with modern, flexible software solutions purpose built for unstructured data.

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Extending Agile, Collaborative Video Editing from Onsite to Cloud with AWS

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Working collaboratively, as a team, in the modern ‘always on, cloud’ age is rarely an ‘on-prem only’ or ‘in the cloud only’ proposition – content workflows, asset handoff and movement all need to shift fluidly from team to team, from high-speed storage onsite to the cloud and back as content creators race to meet deadlines and cope with ever-changing demands.

Quantum’s StorNext File System is used by some of the largest content producers and brands in the world – and most often in a production facility where teams of creatives have the fastest possible connection and the lowest latency signal from editors to producers and content curators and more.

And while the cloud has become an increasingly important way to hand off or retrieve content, agile content creators are realizing the benefit of delivering that same ‘files and folders’, shared storage experience instantly using powerful cloud technologies as well.

Recently, Quantum launched StorNext, the leading high-performance shared storage file system, on Amazon’s AWS infrastructure, making it available as a subscription in the AWS Marketplace. You can learn more about StorNext on AWS here . It makes it faster and simpler for customers to launch an entire shared storage environment on demand that’s ready to use in minutes, enabling simple remote access for collaborative video editing in the cloud.

AWS Marketplace is one of the fastest ways to deploy StorNext shared storage and lets content teams connect from any location to edit video in the cloud as a team. You can speed up post-production workflows by accessing data and collaborating remotely, eliminating the need to copy or transfer files between users.

It’s a powerful new tool to help augment and amplify the work of physical StorNext deployments with a hybrid onsite and cloud solution, and part of evolving, increasingly global content production strategy.

Here are some of the key benefits to building an agile workflow powered by StorNext on AWS:

  • Launch a complete StorNext shared storage environment when needed, then spin it down when it’s no longer needed. Choose from a range of shared storage sizes, launch it within the AWS management console, and creative team members around the world can access the new shared storage in minutes.
  • Users can access data and collaborate from anywhere with no need to copy files between users. Since there’s no specialized connector or physical access needed, users can connect to their team’s shared storage from anywhere they happen to be—on location, in the field, or at home—yet still have the full StorNext managed, shared storage service as if they were working together in the same facility.
  • Works seamlessly for users and applications expecting a file and folder interface. StorNext on AWS is StorNext, so users can browse and manage files together in a familiar files and folders interface to speed and organize your team’s work.
  • Use powerful StorNext services to extend and unite your workflows. Move raw content in—and finished content out—of your StorNext in the cloud instance with powerful file movement and orchestration tools FlexSync and FlexTier as part of your evolving content production and management operations.

Learn more about StorNext on AWS

Visit our StorNext on AWS webpage , read the Solution Brief , or go directly to the StorNext on AWS Marketplace page .

Listen in on the joint Quantum and AWS to dive into more detail on the solution and see workflow examples of how you can use it.

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Considering Using Cloud for Video Surveillance Data? Novaira Research May Influence Your Thinking

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Quantum recently worked with Novaira Insights to publish a white paper that provides insight into the state of the video surveillance market and helpful factors for deciding between on-premises and cloud storage.

Here are a few of the highlights:

  • Increasing number of cameras and resolutions and longer retention times are all driving up storage demands. In addition, the growing use of video analytics is placing more demand on storage systems.
  • When considering cloud or on-prem, all of these factors can play into choosing and designing the right solution.

The Appeal of the Cloud is Simplicity and Flexibility

For many security departments, their current infrastructure is probably using a large number of Network Video Recording servers (NVRs) , to record their data. As camera counts and resolutions increase, they are adding more NVRs until it becomes costly and difficult to manage.

The appeal of the cloud is the simplicity and flexibility it provides as a platform; however, using the cloud introduces new challenges like latency (which can cause frame loss), data security and control, and unpredictable costs.

Modernize Your Video Surveillance Infrastructure – Choose the Right Solution for You

Novaira Insights explores the many flexible paths for deciding between on-premises and cloud storage including:

  • Options for utilizing cloud in video surveillance: cloud-based services, on-prem cloud, or a hybrid solution. 
  • Factors for choosing the right solution when considering cloud or on-premises.
  • End-user and integrator benefits using on-prem private cloud or a hybrid solution.
  • How an HCI platform provides simplicity and flexibility without introducing risk or giving up control.

The white paper makes the point that a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform can be a good step toward cloud, providing the simplicity and flexibility of the cloud, without introducing risk of frame loss and without giving up control.

Quantum has helped many organizations with mission-critical video surveillance replace racks of NVRs with a simple, resilient platform that can record 10’s of thousands of cameras and run other physical security and analytics applications as well. If you are looking to modernize your video surveillance infrastructure, check out this white paper and let’s talk! You can download the white paper here .

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Simple, Agile Collaborative Video Editing in the Cloud – StorNext Now Available on AWS

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Many organizations have looked at integrating cloud services for individual production workflow steps – yet, building a truly collaborative environment for remote and hybrid teams without copying files back and forth has proven difficult and costly.

Now, we give you StorNext –the leading high-performance shared storage file system–on Amazon’s AWS infrastructure, and available as a subscription in the AWS Marketplace. It makes it faster and simpler for you to launch an entire shared storage environment on demand that’s ready to use in minutes, enabling simple remote access for collaborative video editing in the cloud.

AWS Marketplace is one of the fastest ways to deploy StorNext shared storage and lets your content teams connect from any location to edit video in the cloud as a team. You can speed up post-production workflows by accessing data and collaborating remotely, eliminating the need to copy or transfer files between users.

It’s a powerful new tool to help augment and amplify the work of your physical StorNext deployments with a hybrid on-site and cloud solution, and part of your evolving, increasingly global content production strategy.

Here are some of the key benefits to building an agile workflow powered by StorNext on AWS:

Launch your environment when you need it, spin it down when you don’t. Choose your configuration and amount of storage needed and launch it within the AWS management console. Your users can access the new shared storage in minutes.

Users can access data and collaborate from anywhere with no need to copy files between users. Since there’s no specialized connector or physical access needed, users can connect to their team’s shared storage from anywhere they happen to be—on location, in the field, or at home—yet still have the full StorNext managed, shared storage service as if they were working together in the same facility.

Works seamlessly for users and applications expecting a file and folder interface. StorNext on AWS is StorNext, so users can browse and manage files together in a familiar files and folders interface to speed and organize your team’s work.

Use powerful StorNext services to extend and unite your workflows. Move raw content in—and finished content out—of your StorNext in the cloud instance with powerful file movement and orchestration tools FlexSync and FlexTier as part of your evolving content production and management operations.

Learn more about StorNext on AWS

Visit our StorNext on AWS webpage , read the Solution Brief , or go directly to the StorNext on AWS Marketplace page .

Join us for our upcoming webinar with AWS on September 22nd (or watch on-demand thereafter) to dive into more detail on the solution and see workflow examples of how you can use it.

Register Now

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Quantum Recognized as an Object Storage Innovation Leader by GigaOm

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Object storage has a long history as an ideal platform for secondary storage use cases. Now, with the recent frenzy around all-flash object stores for primary storage use cases, the need for continued innovation in object storage scalability and storage economics to match the continued onslaught of digital data growth has been amazingly ignored with little coverage. Gigaom is the first major IT analyst firm to recognize this need as demonstrated by their research and recent release of the G igaOm Sonar Object Storage on Tape Report.

This forward-looking report evaluates vendors with solutions to store and access massive amounts of cold storage in the most cost-effective manner possible. GigaOm recognized Quantum as the leading vendor, reflective of recent ActiveScale innovations in multi-dimensional erasure coding, RAIL architectures, as-a-Service solutions, and support of both active and cold data classes. We are very proud of this leader designation in the GigaOm report and wanted to share some thoughts on how we’ll continue to innovate going forward.

STRATEGY, ROADMAP, AND EXECUTION LEADERSHIP

First, let’s cover this new report from GigaOm. GigaOm created the Sonar report to address the emerging market and growing need to store large datasets for much longer periods of time, at affordable costs, in a way that is accessible when needed. However, storing these large datasets on primary storage is challenging; not only are storage acquisition costs too high, but the ongoing power required to store so much data, drives up operating costs and challenges local power grids. Quantum is already a leading cold storage supplier to many of the world’s largest hyperscalers—in fact, 5 of the top 5 hyperscalers in the world rely on Quantum solutions, and we have developed a series of innovations and products to help them solve similar problems.

Quantum ActiveScale™ Cold Storage is a new class of object storage that provides secure, highly durable, and extremely low-cost storage for archiving of your cold data. It enables any organization generating petabytes of data to deploy S3 Glacier Class storage within their own data center, colocation facility, or hosted IT environment. The entire system can be deployed however a customer wants – in the customer’s data center, colocation or hosted IT environment, either as a capital acquisition or as a fully managed service. 

CONTINUED INNOVATION

Beyond object storage on tape, we are also being recognized for other innovations that reflect Quantum’s leadership in our key markets. For our tape products , we have continuously developed new features to enhance overall security and give greater protection against ransomware attacks. This includes Ransom Block, which provides the ultimate air gap for tape storage to protect against rogue attackers. With Ransom Block , tapes are physically protected within a tape library, so that the only way a hacker can access the data is with a physical break-in of the data center. Tapes are highly protected and remain on-site, providing the fastest data recovery from an attack available in the market today – another example of continued innovation and leadership.  In closing, we are thrilled to be recognized as a leader in GigaOm’s Sonar Object Storage on Tape Report. We will continue to bring new innovations to the market for object storage, tape solutions, and across our entire portfolio . Organizations across a wide number of industries and use cases all struggle to effectively manage, protect, and extract value from the petabytes to exabytes of data they continue to accumulate. With these recent innovations we have brought to market, we’re making this challenge dramatically easier and will continue to innovate in support of our customers. To view the full GigaOm Sonar Report, click here .

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