StorNext 5
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High-performance shared storage
for collaborative workflows
Managing data in today’s world is a challenge.
Technology advances in cameras, video,
sensors, and satellites are all increasing the
amount of unstructured data that needs to be
captured, processed, shared, and preserved.
Remote collaboration is driving up the number
of users who need to share data. Applications
are increasingly more sophisticated—and
user expectations for speed, scale, and
retention keep going up as well. While these
data management challenges are real, they
can be managed. With the right workflow
storage, data can be used today and also be
repurposed in the future—for projects we can’t
yet imagine.
ENGINEERED TO SOLVE THE WORLD’S
TOUGHEST DATA MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
Every day, movies are produced, genes
are sequenced, seismic data is analyzed,
and national security is protected. With
StorNext®, organizations get the best of all
worlds—intelligent data management with
just the right combination of performance,
scale, flexibility, and economy. With StorNext,
customers don’t need to pick performance
over economy, nor scale over flexibility. They
don’t need to compromise.
DESIGNED FOR COLLABORATION
AND SHARED ACCESS
StorNext primary storage enables highperformance shared access to critical data—
including big files, and big sets of big files. And
with tighter schedules and increased demands
for efficiency, the need for immediate shared
access has never been greater. With StorNext
primary storage, a team of 15 or 1500 can
simultaneously share storage, regardless
of operating system or application. StorNext
works equally well with Windows, Linux,
UNIX, and Mac OS. And did we mention that
StorNext is fully Xsan-compatible?
PROVEN PERFORMANCE
FOR COMPLEX WORKFLOWS
High-res and 4k video combined with higher
frame rates are increasing demand for highperformance ingest and transcode in both post
and broadcast. These same technologies are
driving data growth in defense and intelligence,
as agencies employ new camera, sensor,
and satellite advances to deliver a common
operational picture. And as more corporations
embrace the web to train employees and
promote their products, there’s been a
massive growth in corporate video that needs
to be managed. In all these workflows—
performance matters. Because you can’t drop
a frame, and you can’t drop a packet.
FEATURES & BENEFITS
Industry’s best streaming performance
Meets the most extreme requirements
for fast ingest & access, accelerating
workflows and increasing the number of
projects that can be managed.
Enables shared access
Increases productivity for tens, hundreds,
or thousands of users with simultaneous
file sharing via SAN and LAN.
Built for scale. Petascale.
Supports billions of files to keep up with
your data growth.
Flexible access
Fits seamlessly into existing workflows
and networking infrastructure, to lower
administrative costs and increase
investment protection.
Designed for cost-effective tiering
Optional StorNext policy-based tiering
enables transparent access to files
regardless of whether stored on SSD,
disk, object storage, LTO/LTFS tape, or
the cloud. StorNext policy-based tiering
lets you match the cost of storage to the
needs of data, helping you scale storage
infrastructure—affordably.
Proven storage for complex workflows
Proven in the most demanding
data-intensive environments.
Powered by StorNext 5 data management
Built on StorNext 5—the industry’s
fastest streaming file system.
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STORNEXT 5 PRIMARY STORAGE
STORNEXT 5 SCALE-OUT STORAGE | Industry-Leading Storage for Collaborative Workflows―Powered by StorNext 5 Data Management
FLEXIBLE ACCESS
NFS
CIFS
STORNEXT SAN & LAN CLIENTS
XSAN CLIENTS
NFS & CIFS CLIENTS
HIGH-PERFORMANCE SHARED STORAGE
ETHERNET
INFINIBAND
FIBRE CHANNEL
ISCSI
INTELLIGENT & COST-EFFECTIVE TIERING
LATTUS EXTENDED
ONLINE STORAGE
TAPE ARCHIVES
STORNEXT VAULTING
& ACTIVE VAULT
Q-CLOUD
STORNEXT
PRIMARY STORAGE
Fig. 1: StorNext 5 Primary Storage—in the context of a StorNext 5 Scale-out Storage environment.
STORNEXT 5 PRIMARY STORAGE
StorNext 5 Primary Storage is a key building block in the StorNext
architecture and provides high-speed shared access to data. With
StorNext primary storage, users can share data over Fibre Channel, or
over other topologies such as GbE, 10GbE, iSCSI, or InfiniBand. Powered
by StorNext 5 data management software, StorNext primary storage
includes a metadata appliance with a dedicated metadata array, and
RAID storage for data. This combination of software, compute, and
storage has been engineered to solve the toughest storage challenges.
STORNEXT GATEWAY APPLIANCES
StorNext Gateway Appliances provide scalable access to LAN clients
over IP, and are an optional element in a StorNext primary storage
solution. Using our optimized StorNext DLC protocol, StorNext
Gateways deliver performance up to 50% faster than conventional NAS.
StorNext Gateways come with built-in load-balancing and failover to
ensure client access to critical data, and they are pre-configured with
licenses for an unlimited number of StorNext LAN clients, making it
easy to provision new clients.
Elements of StorNext Primary Storage consist of the following:
OPTIONAL ADD-ON FILE SYSTEM SAN CLIENTS
Add-on StorNext SAN clients are available for Windows, Linux, AIX,
HP-UX, or Solaris, making it easy to grow as workflows evolve and
more clients are needed.
STORNEXT METADATA APPLIANCES
StorNext Metadata Appliances are the “brains” of every StorNext
environment—factory-installed with StorNext 5 data management
software and pre-configured with metadata storage. StorNext Metadata
Appliances take full advantage of modern, multi-core chips for
performance, and are provisioned with two metadata controllers for
automatic failover.
STORNEXT Q-SERIES STORAGE
StorNext Q-Series Storage is RAID storage optimized for the
speed, scale, and sharing needs of complex information workflows.
Encryption options are available for data security. StorNext Q-Series
Storage is offered in several different chassis and drive sizes, offering
a range of capacities, densities, and performance characteristics for
different applications.
OPTIONAL TIERED STORAGE SOLUTIONS
The StorNext 5 data management software that comes factory preinstalled with StorNext primary storage is already integrated with
StorNext’s policy-driven tiering features, making it easy to add tiered
storage to a StorNext environment. Several tiered storage options can
be purchased:
• Extended online storage is available via Lattus™ Object Storage,
providing low-latency access at massive scale.
• Tape archives include the low-power, high-density StorNext AEL
Archives, built from the industry-leading Scalar® LTO Tape Libraries.
• Tiering data to the public cloud with StorNext Q-Cloud™ services
provides flexible, reliable, off-site storage capacity on demand.
With the economics of tiered storage, you can match the cost of the storage
to the needs of the data, helping manage the costs of spiraling data growth.
STORNEXT PRO SOLUTIONS FOR MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
StorNext Pro Solutions for M&E offer a completely integrated StorNext primary storage solution for Media & Entertainment
workflows. Built on StorNext 5, StorNext Pro Solutions provide the perfect storage to support high-volume workflows,
whether you are building a 4K post-production studio, refreshing an existing Xsan deployment, or standing up a new
broadcast facility. More details are available on www.stornext.com.
To learn more about StorNext 5 Primary Storage, please visit
www.quantum.com/stornext
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