Quantum Announces Xcellis High-Performance Workflow Storage Solution

Quantum Corp. announced its new high-performance storage solution that is designed to optimize demanding workflows, accelerate time to insight, and empower organizations to drive greater success, Xcellis. Xcellis tackles unstructured data giving users the ability to capitalize on its value and utilize it faster and more cost-effectively. Xcellis is powered by StorNext and can be deployed either as a standalone system or deployed as the primary storage component within a multitier storage environment incorporating object storage, tape and cloud technologies.

Quantum Corp. announced its new high-performance storage solution that is designed to optimize demanding workflows, accelerate time to insight, and empower organizations to drive greater success, Xcellis. Xcellis tackles unstructured data giving users the ability to capitalize on its value and utilize it faster and more cost-effectively. Xcellis is powered by StorNext and can be deployed either as a standalone system or deployed as the primary storage component within a multitier storage environment incorporating object storage, tape and cloud technologies.

Customers within highly data-intensive fields such as video production, intelligence, surveillance and technical applications have the struggle of cost-effectively storing and managing their data while meeting performance and access needs. Up until now companies have been able to use scale-out NAS products to address these issues. Unfortunately these products can’t keep up with the greater performance and scalability demands generated by increasingly larger data files and higher content resolutions. Xcellis provides a unique combination of converged architecture, continuous scalability and unified access while automating data management in order to overcome these limitations.

Xcellis enables companies to scale storage continuously while delivering consistent, deterministic performance and they only need to pay for the capacity or performance they require. Xcellis delivers this performance by matching the performance requirements with the most appropriate connections. For example, performance-focused clients will use the high-speed SAN connectivity, less data-intensive operations will be completed via NAS connections over Ethernet. Each user can access the needed file level of performance through a single namespace, simplifying shared access.

Main benefits include:

• A converged compute, network and file system controller, Xcellis Workflow Director that can:
  • Consolidates multiple components into a single system, simplifying the overall storage architecture, operation, management and access for third-party applications.
  • Controls file system metadata and client access for SAN, Distributed LAN Client (DLC) and NAS connectivity (DLC is a connectivity option developed by Quantum).
  • Supports hosted applications that benefit from direct file access.
  • Enables users to take advantage of automated storage tiering.
• Unified Access:
  • High-performing Fibre Channel SAN connectivity.
  • DLC connectivity for “better-than-Ethernet” performance over Ethernet.
  • Direct NAS connectivity.
• Capacity and scalability:
  • It nearly doubles the number of files that StorNext can handle — to 10 billion files total, with 1.4 billion files under management.
  • Users can start with a small system and smoothly scale to the largest possible system without having to replace original hardware or take the system down, thereby protecting past investments.
  • Utilizing Quantum’s QXS disk storage arrays, Xcellis provides higher capacity and bandwidth that can scale independently.

Availability

Xcellis can be ordered now as either a standalone system or as a customizable configuration within the company’s media and entertainment-focused StorNext Pro Solutions. Xcellis is expected to start shipping next month with the latest release of StorNext 5 software.

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