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SOLUTIONS FOR BIG DATA MANAGEMENT
Better Solutions for Bigger Data.

The Big Data Era
Never at any time in human history has data been created
so rapidly. As technology breakthroughs fuel our ability to
generate scientific, seismic, analytical and imaging data,
we are challenged with harnessing the power of this Big
Data explosion. Exponential data growth and the need
to retain data is driving IT departments to look beyond
traditional approaches in order to manage, store, and
protect data in a cost-effective way.
In order to maximize revenue and improve time-tomarket,
organizations are leveraging data as never
before. Many are repurposing content such as drug trials
data and video footage to build lucrative new revenue
streams. In order to transform data into a valuable asset,
IT departments must ensure that they can quickly deliver
it to the users and applications that will transform it and
support workflows that continue to evolve. This demands
high performance, shared access, massive scalability, and
tools to protect data and ensure its integrity over years.
Simply adding disk drives and attempting nightly backups
is neither feasible nor cost-effective when dealing with
petabytes of data. Big Data demands practical and costeffective
storage that can scale to support petabytes of
data, that adapts to complex workflows and that makes
data readily visible and accessible regardless of when it
was created or where it is stored.
StorNext delivers speed, flexibility, and value for Big Data challenges.

StorNext Industry-leading Shared Storage
and Data Tiering for Big Data
StorNext ® is a powerful scale-out shared storage
solution that offers high-performance, cross-platform
file sharing—combined with a cost-effective data tiering
solution that protects valuable data.
StorNext is widely recognized as the leading file system
and archiving choice for organizations managing large
amounts of unstructured data in sectors such as Media &
Entertainment, Life Sciences, Natural Resources, Video
in the Enterprise, and Government. StorNext’s application
and platform independence has helped leading
organizations harness the power of Big Data in diverse
areas including digital media creation and archiving,
surveillance and intelligence gathering, genome
sequencing, seismic exploration and 3D modeling, High
Performance Computing (HPC), and data analytics.
StorNext delivers speed, flexibility, and value—at Big Data
scale.
Speed Flexibility Value
StorNext offers unrivaled highperformance
file sharing across
heterogeneous platforms. Its
industry-leading single stream
performance makes StorNext the
ideal choice for managing and
sharing data, even in the most
demanding media and rich data
environments. It supports both
high-performance SAN and NAS
connectivity.
StorNext is the only solution
that delivers fully interoperable
file sharing across Unix, Linux,
Windows, and Mac—so sharing data
couldn’t be simpler. With policydriven
data tiering and integrated
data protection, StorNext ensures
that data is always available and
protected. As server and storage
technologies advance, StorNext
makes it easy to expand, migrate
data, and change underlying
infrastructure without disruption.
StorNext lowers your Total Cost
of Ownership (TCO) relative to
traditional approaches. Policydriven
automated tiering to disk or
tape means that less frequentlyaccessed
data can be stored on
storage tiers that consume less
electricity to power and cool. Thanks
to its massive scalability—and
heterogeneous platform and storage
support—StorNext is the most
comprehensive and budget-friendly
option for managing Big Data for
many years to come.

StorNext Appliances for Big Data
The Quantum StorNext appliance family delivers the power and scalability of the
industry’s leading file sharing, tiered storage, and archive software in pre-configured
solutions for fast, easy deployment and maximum value. The StorNext appliances include
StorNext metadata appliances, NAS gateways, and Q-Series storage. The StorNext
appliances are compatible with conventional StorNext software features, giving users
maximum flexibility in finding the right solution for their storage needs and budgets.
StorNext is as flexible as it is functional. You can build or expand your StorNext solution
using pre-configured appliances from Quantum that make it easy and cost-effective to
scale out performance, capacity, and bandwidth as your needs change. And StorNext
Appliances work well with disk or tape storage from any vendor.
With StorNext, you can easily scale performance or capacity as needed while
ensuring uninterrupted, integrated data management and protection throughout
the entire data lifecycle.
...easily scale performance or capacity as needed.

STORNEXT M440/M660
STORNEXT M660 WITH
OPTIONAL EXPANSION UNIT
StorNext
Metadata Appliances
StorNext M-Series Metadata Appliances (M440 & M660) are
ideal for Big Data environments needing fast, sustained, and
reliable shared access to very large files across multiple
platforms. The StorNext Metadata Appliances centrally
manage file operations for the StorNext environment,
allowing users to share data pools to eliminate the need for
multiple copies, reduce storage space, simplify workflows,
and enable faster project completion.
StorNext Metadata Appliance Specifications
M440 M660
Hardware Dual metadata controllers, Dedicated metadata array,
Rack-mountable, Optional metadata disk
expansion unit
Optional 8Gb quad
Fibre Channel
Quad 8Gb Fibre Channel
Included
10 file system SAN client licenses,
Licenses
High Availability License Option,
Distributed Data Mover for the standby metadata node
Dual Gateway with unlimited
client licensing for LAN access
File Support Up to 500 million files with Up to 1 billion files with
optional metadata disk optional metadata disk
expansion kit
expansion unit
Client OS
Support
Linux, Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Mac OS
Purpose-built for StorNext environments –
The power of StorNext high-performance
file sharing now available in a Metadata
Appliance from Quantum
Ease of deployment and predictability –
Factory installed and licensed software for
simplified deployments and out-of-the-box
reliability and predictable performance
High-performance shared access –
Data sharing and concurrent access by
multiple users across the SAN and LAN
Heterogeneous environments supported –
Collaboration across Linux, Windows,
UNIX, and Mac OS X operating systems
Ease of management – StorNext Advanced
Reporting management software visually
displays the health of the system for
optimal performance and supportability
World-class support from the experts at
Quantum StorageCare ® Global Services–
Customers have a single vendor
experience from point of purchase
to service
StorNext Gateway
Appliances
The StorNext G300 Gateway provides highperformance
Ethernet-based access to the shared
storage environment, offering performance that is
up to 50% faster than conventional NAS protocols.
The StorNext Gateway is ideal for customers who
have farms of servers (rendering, genomics analysis,
seismic processing, desktop editors, etc.) all needing
to access a shared set of files, but not at Fibre
Channel speeds.
The G300 Gateway family includes two models—the
StorNext G301, 1GbE model with an aggregate
throughput of 800MB/s, and StorNext G302, 10GbE
model with an aggregate throughput of 1.6GB/s. They are
purpose-built and configured for optimal performance
with StorNext software, and designed to deliver a blend
of performance, scalability, and high availability.
StorNext Gateway Appliance Configurations
G301 G302
Client Connectivity 1GbE Ethernet 10GbE Ethernet
SAN Connectivity 8GB Dual Fibre Channel
Client Throughput 800MB/sec total 1.6GB/sec total
per Gateway per Gateway
Direct LAN connection delivers streaming
performance up to 50% faster than
traditional NAS protocols
Two models available: 1GbE model –
800MB/s and 10GbE model – 1.6GB/s
Automatic load balancing between
Gateways and automatic failover for HA
Gateway appliance is for purchase with
other StorNext appliances and StorNext
software or can be added to existing
StorNext deployments
Customers have a single vendor
experience from point of purchase to
service and support from StorNext experts
at Quantum

StorNext Storage Appliances
The StorNext family of Q-Series Storage and AEL Archives connects directly to Quantum StorNext metadata
controllers to leverage multiple storage tiers for an optimal combination of performance, capacity, and
economy. To users, data is always visible, searchable and accessible as a single namespace regardless of
the tier on which it is stored, effectively creating an infinite data pool.
StorNext Q-Series Storage solutions are designed to
meet the needs of high-performance primary storage
for StorNext file system environments. The Q-Series
Storage family includes three models—the QD6000,
QS2400, and QS1200—all purpose-built and configured
for optimal performance with StorNext, and designed to
deliver a blend of performance, scalability, and density.
StorNext Q-Series Storage can be combined with
StorNext Storage Manager or StorNext AEL archives to
allow you to have virtually unlimited capacity through
policy-based tiering capabilities.
StorNext AEL Archives deliver massively scalable nearline
storage with built-in data protection and continuous
off-line tape data integrity checking to ensure longterm
preservation of core digital assets. Policy-driven
automated storage tiering to tape enables massive
scalability and secure data long-term without the cost,
space, power consumption, and management overhead
of conventional disk. StorNext AEL Archives offer slotbased
pricing, which allows the library capacity to grow
as new generations of LTO tape support greater media
capacities, without additional software license fees.
...storage tailored for each stage of the Big Data life cycle.

QD6000
QS2400
QS1200
StorNext Q-Series Storage
StorNext Q-Series Storage is designed to meet the
unique requirements of managing Big Data, allowing
customers to store and manipulate data at very high
rates. The Q-Series family includes three models—
all purpose-built and configured for optimal high
performance with StorNext, and designed to deliver
a blend of performance, scalability, and density.
The StorNext QD6000 balances high-throughput
performance and storage density where footprint
and performance are critical. The StorNext QS2400
balances high-performance disk and scalable
capacity. Finally, the StorNext QS1200 is designed for
highest performance in punishing environments.
StorNext Q-Series Storage
QD6000 QS2400 QS1200
Max Raw Capacity 1.08PB 172.8TB 57.6TB
Max Disk Drives 360 192 96
Base Form Factor 4U 2U 2U
Up to 3.6GB/s sequential writes and
3.2GB/s sequential reads
Extensive high-availability features include
dual-active controllers with automated I/O
path failover
Full Disk Encryption (FDE) drives and
SafeStore Drive Security Encryption PFK
available to support on-disk encryption
requirements
Q-Series is for purchase with StorNext
appliances and StorNext software or can
be added to existing StorNext deployments
Customers have a single vendor
experience from point of purchase to
service and support from StorNext experts
at Quantum
StorNext AEL Archives
Designed for archival of Big Data, the StorNext
AEL Archives are a family of massively-scalable,
cost-effective archive solutions with automated,
policy-based storage tiering and automated media
integrity validation. These tiered storage solutions
ensure that your valuable data is protected and
accessible over time. These unique appliances
tightly integrate Quantum tape library hardware
and StorNext Storage Manager software to deliver
a reliable, self-monitoring and self-healing, highcapacity
archive intended for the long-term storage of
near-line content.
StorNext AEL Archive Configurations
AEL500 AEL6000
Base Module Sizes 14U, 23U 2–16 frames
Technology LTO-5 LTO-5
Drives 3 – 18 4 – 96
Slots 41 – 409 400 – 7,150
Base Unit Active Slots
41, 133
400, 700, 1,500,
3,000, 5,000
Capacity (TB) ~614 ~10,725
First solution of its kind! Unified StorNext
archiving solution with continuous off-line
tape data integrity checking
Storage tiering automatically migrates
data based on user access ensuring that
the most frequently accessed data resides
on disk and less frequently accessed data
resides on less expensive tape media
Extended Data Life Management (EDLM)
policies automatically copy data on
suspect media to new media through
StorNext Storage Manager integration
Ultimate TCO with slot-based pricing
model and lower cost for power
All software, hardware and support come
from the experts at Quantum
Capacity-on-demand (COD) growth for
streamlined, non-disruptive expansion

Lattus Wide Area Storage for Big Data Archives
The long-term value of Big Data lies in its power to be analyzed and monetized in the
future, not just when the data is collected. With advances in technology making data
collection easier, the sheer volume of data can stress existing storage technologies
beyond current capabilities. Quantum Lattus Wide Area Storage solutions offer a
scalable and durable object storage architecture with new redundancy algorithms to
secure customer data long-term, while allowing the efficient and immediate access
required to extract the data’s maximum value.
Lattus is disk-based storage that meets the extreme scalability, durability and
immediate access requirements of large-scale, long-term Big Data archives.
...new architectures and algorithms for forever disk archives.

Lattus-X
Wide Area Storage
Lattus-X Wide Area Storage provides multi-petabyte
storage with NAS access for large collections of
shared files at a price appropriate for long-term
storage. Ideal for distributed workgroups that share
large repositories of content or large data sets,
including users in multiple geographic locations.
Can archive and retrieve data via CIFS, NFS
or HTTP REST
In-memory and on-disk cache yields
predictably fast ingest and retrieval times
Up to 400 million files per Lattus A10
access node
Lattus-X capacities start at 500TB usable
Base configuration includes three Lattus
C10 controller nodes, twenty Lattus S10
storage nodes, and a single Lattus A10
access node
Additional controller and storage nodes
may be added for increased durability
and capacity
Additional Lattus A10 access nodes can be
added for performance and scalability
Lattus-M
Wide Area Storage
Lattus-M Wide Area Storage leverages the power of
StorNext with policy-based tiering and archiving for
more intelligently managed long-term storage. Ideal
for Big Data environments that include multiple tiers
of storage, from high-performance primary storage
to active archiving to tape.
Includes StorNext Storage Manager
policy-based tiering
Virtually unlimited scalability
Lower latency than tape for more
predictable restore times
Compatible with tiered environments
that include tape, including StorNext
AEL Archives
Up to 1 billion files per StorNext
Metadata Controller
HTTP REST access supported
Lattus-M capacities start at 500TB usable
Must purchase StorNext Metadata
Controller, such as StorNext M662
Metadata Appliance, separately
Compatible with StorNext Distributed
Data Movers (DDMs)
Lattus-M will be generally available
in 2013

Quantum StorageCare Global Services
When you choose to manage your Big Data with the StorNext
family of appliances, you have the assurance of world-class
support from Quantum’s team of StorNext experts.
StorageCare Product Support StorageCare Professional Services
Flexible support options deliver the
advantages required for the most
demanding open systems storage
environments. Tiered storage plans
are designed to provide flexible
levels of service to optimize up-time.
Quantum’s Professional Services
team provides strategic input to the
design and hands-on implementation
of your StorNext deployment.
To help maintain peak efficiency
and performance as your storage
ecosystem grows, this highly skilled
team of experts is also available
to provide a set of pre-described
services or customized services.
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Big Data Reality
Media & Entertainment
Editing, broadcast, and distribution
Post-production
Digital media asset archives
Government
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
Satellite and research
Data forensics
Life Sciences
Genome sequencing
Pharmaceutical trial data
Molecular modelling
Natural Resources
Seismic exploration
3D modeling
Video in the Enterprise
In-house post-production
Video surveillance

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Why Choose Quantum?
Quantum has unrivalled experience, technology, and an integrated solution set that
has proven effective in managing some of the world’s most demanding Big Data
environments. Helping organizations store, manage and protect massive files and
petabytes of data whether it is video content being converted from analog to digital for
long-term preservation or genome .BAM files that researchers want to keep “forever,”
StorNext has been handling Big Data problems for years. We continue to pioneer
innovation in file systems, file sharing, distributed collaboration, and advanced data
tiering solutions across disk, object storage, tape, and the cloud. We offer complete
solutions and a range of purpose-built, plug-in ready appliances, and our commitment
to supporting heterogeneity means that we can help you make the most of your existing
investment in infrastructure as you step up to the challenges posed by Big Data.

Learn more at
quantum.com/BigData
StorNext scale-out file sharing and archive solutions increase
performance, shorten time-to-market, and meet the unique
demands of Big Data.
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