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SOLUTIONS-AT-A-GLANCE FOR GOVERNMENT
A Different Approach to Storage for Government Agencies
DATA IS EVERYWHERE and every day there’s more and more of it. Government agencies are under pressure to modernize storage infrastructure to meet today’s data management challenges. No more silos. No more stovepipes. Yes to collaboration. Key challenges must be conquered: massive data growth, shrinking budgets, increased user expectations, and technology advances that stress traditional IT.
Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out storage, archive, and data protection— committed to making sure that your data is there when you need it.
To modernize infrastructure requires using the best tools for each job—converging backup & archive—consolidating data centers—and mixing flash, disk, object, tape, and software to enable collaboration, within budget, at scale.
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A Smarter Kind of Data Protection Increase Efficiency—On-Premise and in the Cloud You need to protect your data; reliably and efficiently. You need data protection solutions built on the latest innovations in deduplication, replication, and cloud. At Quantum, we have data protection dialed. But not all data is created equal. And not all data needs to be backed up on a daily basis. While backup
technologies continue to evolve, you can create new workflows that protect your data and continue to provide access. Quantum’s new data protection workflow is saving customers like you 40-60% in overall storage costs, while also keeping data more accessible. Now that’s smart data protection.
Back Up Structured and Highly Active Data STRUCTURED DATA
Physical Environment
Snap a native copy
Exchange CRM
Database
Virtualization Environment
Cloud, Hybrid, and Archive ON-PREMISE
Dedupe & Replicate
Cloud
Disk Archive (access, protect)
UNSTRUCTURED DATA Less Active Content Remains Available Move Static Content Off of Primary Storage
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Active File Content Faster Access and Restore
Tape
Rethink your approach to data protection—and rediscover the meaning of efficiency.
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Accessible Long-term Archives Preserving Mission-Critical Data for the Future Unstructured data growth is a big challenge for government IT—with more files, larger files, longer retention, compliance, and disaster recovery—especially with increased demand for collaboration across agencies. There is also a growing recognition that the value of today’s data may not be realized until some point in the future—so data must be preserved today, to prepare for tomorrow. Capturing and protecting this influx of data with primary disk and backup is not sustainable.
Enabling Technologies: Lattus
Object Storage Scalar Tape Libraries Scalar LTFS NAS Tape Archive StorNext 5 Scale-out Storage Artico Intelligent NAS Archive Appliance
Primary storage for everything is too expensive. Normal backup solutions are limited by the hours in a day. The costs of backup software and backup storage continue to add up. And when it’s time for storage technology upgrades, data migration can be painful. With its Lattus™, StorNext®, Artico™, LTFS, and Scalar® archive technologies, Quantum can help you rethink the challenges of unstructured data growth. Move your static data to an archive tier that costs less, protects your data with the reliability and durability you require, and provides users with the shared access they need.
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Rethink the challenges of unstructured data growth.
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Workflow Storage for Government Video Optimize Video Production Workflows and Increase Productivity Video has radically changed how government organizations communicate. Today, more and more agencies are using video to keep distributed team members informed of the latest developments, and to disseminate critical information. Video can also be a powerful tool to promote an organization’s mission, and is being used by many to share their stories.
Enabling Technologies: StorNext
5 Scale-out Storage Lattus Object Storage Scalar Tape Libraries
While advances in camera, post-production, and broadcast technologies are making it easier than ever to create engaging video content with high production values, all this video brings with it new storage challenges. Due to higher resolution, more frames per second, increased number of cameras, and retention, there is a massive increase in the amount of video that needs to be managed. StorNext 5 Scale-out Storage is the trusted choice for video professionals, whether you have two editors or twenty. StorNext provides the high-performance ingest, shared access, and smooth playback required, combined with a scalable, costeffective archive so you can reuse and repurpose video content in the future. And best of all, StorNext integrates seamlessly into your existing video workflows.
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Enable your creative vision—with proven storage for video workflows.
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Geospatial and ISR Storage Solutions
Proven for Mission Information Workflows in Government Mission owners are challenged as never before. With technology advances in sensors and precision geolocation, there is a massive influx of data to collect, process, exploit, and disseminate. Not only are there many files to capture—the files are huge. Mission owners need a high-performance, scalable storage solution that is also cost-effective.
Enabling Technologies: StorNext
5 Scale-out Storage Lattus Object Storage Scalar Tape Libraries
And now more than ever, collaboration is also a top priority for mission owners. StorNext 5 is designed to enable shared access to data. No other storage platform provides the level of collaboration that is possible with StorNext 5. Quantum StorNext 5 Scale-out Storage is found at the center of some of the most demanding information workflows in Government, Defense & Intelligence, Life Sciences, and Media & Entertainment. It is designed for workflows that operate on large sets of large files, for organizations that need to capture, process, preserve, and collaborate on mission-critical data.
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Capture the massive influx— with storage designed for collaborative mission-critical workflows.
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Video Surveillance and Analytics Take Control of the Surveillance Content Explosion Today’s low-cost, high-definition cameras make it easy to capture high-quality video surveillance—and advances in analytics are making the surveillance footage more useful. Combine these technology advances with new policies that require the retention of certain events, and the result is a massive increase in the amount of video surveillance to be captured and preserved. Historically successful approaches to managing surveillance content are no longer scalable or cost-effective. Quantum offers the optimum solution— cost-effective storage options that meet the performance requirements of each stage of the video surveillance lifecycle, with just the right combination of scale, flexibility, and economy. With StorNext, you don’t need to compromise—you don’t need to pick performance over economy, nor scale over flexibility. As your surveillance requirements grow, so can your storage infrastructure.
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Enabling Technologies: StorNext
5 Scale-out Storage Lattus Object Storage Scalar Tape Libraries
Reduce the complexity and cost of managing video surveillance content.
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Cybersecurity and Network Forensics Look Back in Time with a “Black Box” for Your Network Cybercriminals are getting more sophisticated—no organization is immune. In addition to taking steps to prevent cyber attacks, agencies need to prepare for the inevitable cyber intrusion, and be ready to respond to, and recover from, an incident—because there is no such thing as perfect security. Network forensics is the practice of examining detailed network traffic data to figure out what was transferred across the network, from where to where, and when. With network forensics, you can “look back in time” to see how malicious code behaved on the network, so you can stop the attack, repair the damage, and strengthen cyber defenses for the future. Quantum and FireEye provide the highestperformance, most cost-effective threat management solution for incident investigation—enabling the fast capture and retrieval of network traffic along with a reliable storage repository for large-scale network forensics data.
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Enabling Technologies: StorNext
5 Scale-out Storage Lattus Object Storage Scalar Tape Libraries
Reduce time-to-resolution of cyber attacks with network forensics.
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Storage Solutions for Life Sciences Data Accelerate Scientific Research with Intelligent Tiered Storage Life science discoveries are made every day. And often, finding the answer to scientific questions requires both analysis and collaboration to find patterns, derive insights, and draw connections. One important key to success is intelligent data management that supports the performance, sharing, analysis, and retention requirements of today’s bioinformatics efforts. Dramatic declines in the cost and run times for genome sequencing are enabling researchers to do more, faster. It’s an exciting time to be in genomics. But the resulting data growth is overrunning the capabilities of traditional storage solutions. Quantum is dedicated to delivering intelligent data management for genomics, bioinformatics, and medical imaging workflows—from data capture to analysis to archive and beyond. With tiered storage solutions—including object storage—researchers and clinicians get the right combination of speed, scale, access, and cost to focus on what they do best—the science.
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Enabling Technologies: StorNext
5 Scale-out Storage Lattus Object Storage Scalar Tape Libraries Artico NAS Storage
Give research teams the performance, shared access, and retention they need.
QXS Hybrid Storage
Intelligent. Automated. Optimized. Designed for high performance, efficiency, reliability, and scalability, Quantum QXS hybrid storage portfolio optimizes flash and disk to significantly lower operating and capital costs. Powerful features include real-time, automated, intelligent tiering, and one-button configuration for your application and usage.
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more about hybrid storage at >> Learn quantum.com/hybridstorage
QXS hybrid storage is a family of primary storage systems that make it easy to select the perfect system for your environment and budget. QXS hybrid systems are customizable and scalable with a choice of controller and disk options. While all the QXS hybrid systems are available with intelligent tiering, the QXS-3 Series features a balanced mix of reliability and availability; the QXS-4 Series delivers the optimal mix of performance, cost, and storage density; while the QXS-6 Series meets the IOPS requirements of the most demanding workflows.
QXS-3 Series
Dual RAID Controller (Active/Active)
Provides a balanced mix of reliability and availability.
Flexible Interface Options (CNC)
QXS-3 Series Max Storage Size
384TB
Read Performance
3.3GB/s
Write Performance
2.4GB/s
2 Ports per Controller for maximum value 8Gb/16Gb FC or 1/10Gb iSCSI Easy to Set Up and Use with the RAIDar 2.0
user interface
Support HDD and SSD Options Available with DC Power
QXS-4 Series
Increased Bandwidth & 4 ports per controller
Provides the optimal mix of performance, cost, and storage density.
Future-Proof for next-gen host interconnect
QXS-4 Series Max Storage Size
1.9PB
Read Performance
6.4GB/s
Write Performance
5.3GB/s
Hybrid Interface with 16G FC & 10G iSCSI Data Management Services (DMS) Support WIN 2012, SMI-S Support Full Drive Encryption Capable
QXS-6 Series
Increased Bandwidth & 4 ports per controller
Meets the IOPS requirements of the most demanding workflows.
Future-Proof for next-gen host interconnect
QXS-6 Series
Hybrid Interface with 16G FC & 10G iSCSI Data Management Services (DMS) Support
Max Storage Size
1.9PB
WIN 2012, SMI-S Support
Read Performance
12GB/s
Write Performance
5.7GB/s
Full Drive Encryption Capable
DXi-Series Deduplication Appliances Efficiency in Capacity, Time, and Cost Our comprehensive line of DXi-Series products leverages our patented variable-length data deduplication technology to reduce typical disk requirements by 90 percent or more and cut your overall backup costs. Plus, we’re the only company to bring physical and virtual disk, tape, and replication together for a complete, cost-effective solution that provides end-toend security across distributed sites. The DXi-Series provides the best suite of features for data security—including FIPS-validated AES 256-bit encryption of data-at-rest without any performance impact, and AES 256-bit encryption of data-in-flight during replication. Best of all, the DXi-Series integrates easily into your existing backup infrastructure, works with your current backup applications, including Symantec’s OpenStorage (OST) API, and supports everything from remote sites to large data centers. Our DXi-Series products are a proven, efficient answer to the demanding data protection requirements of government organizations.
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Quantum continues to excel at providing flexible, robust, highperformance data protection. With the DXi6900, Quantum enables customers to retain more data for fast and reliable restores and longer retention periods while minimizing impact on backups, and its tiered storage approach ensures data resides on storage matched to its business value. Comprehensive infrastructure management and analytics provided by Quantum tie the global environment together into a single, manageable entity.
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- Tony Palmer, Senior Lab Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group
Minimize Disk Storage
– Patented variable-length deduplication maximizes data reduction, providing lowest OPEX and maximizing efficiencies locally, in the cloud, and across WANs.
Improve Backup and Restore Times
– Powered by the world’s most advanced file system, StorNext 5, DXi Software powers our deduplicated block pool for faster data deduplication and faster access to your backup data.
Protect
Data Across Sites and in the Cloud – Using Quantum’s WANoptimized replication to minimize network bandwidth and Q-Cloud Protect, DXi provides secure off-site data protection for as little as pennies per GB per month.
Simplify Management and Monitoring
– Offering the industry’s most comprehensive and intuitive management tools and configuration wizards, DXi enables precise business decision-making and speeds resolution time on issues, even from your mobile device.
Scale on Your Terms
– Physical and virtual appliances that scale from 1TB to over 500TB using DXi’s unique capacityon-demand approach with minimal or no downtime, and as simple as activating a license key.
AES 256-bit Encryption
of data-at-rest and data transmitted over the WAN with no performance impact.
DXi6900
DXi4700
Enterprise deduplication backup appliance powered by StorNext 5. Accelerates storage workflows for data centers, multi-site, and cloud environments needing performance, scalability, and operational efficiencies. With iLayer™ management to improve manageability, variable-length deduplication for efficient movement and storing of data, and enterpriseclass scale and capacity-ondemand methodology, DXi6900 was designed for modern data protection workflows.
Provides a simple and extensible architecture designed for customers’ data protection needs, combining industry-leading price/ TB, ease-of-use, and a capacity range of 5TB to 135TB, with unique pay-as-you-grow capacity. Uses FIPS 140-2 Level 2 validated self-encrypting drives to encrypt data-at-rest with no performance impact. Enables a quick return on investment by providing the lowest cost/TB and a single platform for all entry to midrange configurations.
DXi6900 Usable Capacity
17TB – 510TB
Performance
Up to 16.3TB/hr (OST)
Features
StorNext 5 File System, iLayer Management, Variable-Length Deduplication, DXi Replication, DXi Accent™, Dynamic Disk Pooling
FIPS-validated data-at-rest encryption
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DXi4700 Usable Capacity
5TB – 135TB
Retention1
100TB – 2.7PB
Performance
Up to 5.0TB/hr
FIPS-validated data-at-rest encryption 1 Usable capacity is addressable storage—raw capacity minus RAID-6 parity and any system overhead. Retention capacity assumes standard business data mix, 60-day on-disk retention, and a typical deduplication rate. Actual results will vary with data type, change rates, and backup methodologies.
DXi V-Series Virtual Deduplication Appliances DXi V1000 The DXi V1000 is a virtual appliance that combines the power of deduplication functionality with the simplicity and flexibility of virtual machines to provide affordable backup and DR protection for distributed sites, small businesses and cloud deployments. DXi V1000 Usable Capacity
1TB – 2TB
Performance
Up to 1TB/hr
Features
NAS, Replication, OST, DXi Accent
>> FREE DXi V1000 STANDARD EDITION Download Your Full-Featured Virtual Dedupe Appliance at quantum.com/freedxi DXi V-Series Benefits 100% Software and Virtual – Eliminates the
need to deploy additional hardware, without sacrificing performance.
Best-in-Class Performance – 4.9TB/hr ingest
reduces backup windows while reducing storage footprint.
Cloud Ready – Ideal for Backup-as-a-
Service whether in a private, public, or hybrid-based environment.
DXi V4000
Award-Winning Deduplication – Patented
The DXi V4000 delivers the high performance and scalability of physical appliances, but in the delivery of a virtual backup appliance. DXi V4000 also provides the flexibility to protect remote sites and data centers source and target as well as a foundation for cloud backup as a service.
deduplication reduces storage requirements by up to 90%.
Industry-Leading Scalability – From
1TB-360TB* capacity in a single virtual backup appliance with two options, DXi V1000 and DXi V4000.
Flexible Deployment – DXi V-Series can be
deployed anywhere supporting remote and data center data protection services. * Logical capacity using industry-standard 15:1 dedupe ratio
DXi V4000 Usable Capacity
4TB – 24TB
Performance
Up to 4.9TB/hr
Features
NAS, Replication, OST, DXi Accent
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Q-Cloud Protect Services
Secure, Off-site Cloud Storage for Disaster Recovery Cloud means many things to different agencies, but ultimately the cloud is dramatically shifting IT infrastructure, resources, and planning. From software-asa-service to backup and disaster recovery (DR), IT professionals are taking advantage of the agility, scalability, and financial benefits of the cloud. For government agencies looking to leverage the power of the cloud, Quantum offers services for backup and DR as well as next-gen storage for private cloud deployments. Our cloud backup services utilize deduplication to efficiently store and transport data, and our object storage solutions integrate next-gen dispersal technologies to help agencies build private clouds for storing and archiving massive amounts of unstructured data.
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Q-Cloud Protect Data Protection Services Q-Cloud Protect service works with on-premise DXi deduplication to provide secure, off-site storage for data protection at pennies per GB per month. Ideal for backup and disaster recovery, Q-Cloud Protect combines full on-site copies for fast restores with off-site cloud protection for disaster recovery. Use vmPRO—or any backup application—to back up to your local DXi. DXi deduplication can reduce your backup footprint up to 95%, dramatically saving cloud storage costs. Data is then replicated to a single tenant DXi in Q-Cloud Protect, providing the highest security and performance requirements for any size organization.
DXi replication sends only deduplicated, changed data to the cloud; encryption options available for additional security
ON-SITE BACKUP
with built-in deduplication can reduce data going to the cloud by 95%
CLOUD-HOSTED REPLICATION
on a dedicated, single tenant DXi in Q-Cloud Protect
quantum.com/Q-Cloud >> Visit for more information
Scalar Tape Libraries
Best Solution for Long-term Data Preservation and Archive
Organizations today are faced with growing amounts of information and the need to securely preserve mission data for even longer periods of time. They need a storage solution that provides reliability, innovation, and intelligence—that is affordable in the face of today’s budgetary pressures. That’s where Scalar tape libraries come in. Designed to scale with your needs, Scalar tape libraries provide best-in-class management, monitoring, data integrity, and data security capabilities with embedded software called
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Scalar tape libraries include FIPS-validated, drive-based AES 256-bit encryption, as well as FIPS-validated encryption key management solutions to secure critical data. Best of all, the Scalar family of tape libraries easily integrates into your existing infrastructure for a complete archive and data protection solution.
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Scalar i6000 Tape continues to be the most reliable and lowest-cost technology for archive and long-term data storage. The modern design of the Scalar i6000 provides a high-density solution without compromising robotic performance, and can dramatically improve the availability and manageability of your archive and data protection processes.
Highest LTO Slot Density – HD
module holds almost 5PB per 19” rack. Save floor space while meeting demanding capacity growth.
Comprehensive High Availability
– Dual Robots, Redundant Power, Dual Ethernet, Control and Data Path Failover. Assure your data is accessible when you need it.
Data & Media Integrity – EDLM
(Extended Data Life Management) automates integrity checking, to identify issues early and proactively avoid long-term data loss.
iLayer Proactive Diagnostics – Reduce Scalar i6000 Configurations Base
Max
Max Drives
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192
Max Cartridge Slots
300
12,006
Scalar i6000 Native Capacities (TB) Base (300 slots)
Max (12,006 slots)
LTO-7
1,800
72,036
LTO-6
750
30,015
LTO-5
450
18,009
downtime and administrative time; improve reliability.
Investment Protection Platform –
Scalar libraries delivered years ago are upgradable with today’s state-ofthe-art technology.
Active Vault – Keep archive data in the
library. Avoid media handling; reduce software license fees.
Advanced Reporting – Balance drive
and media resources; anticipate issues before they occur.
Largest Bulk Load I/E Station – Up to
1,104 I/E slots enables bulk loading and unloading of cartridges without disruption of library operation.
Encryption Key Management –
FIPS-validated, drive-based AES 256-bit encryption built in. Options for FIPS-validated encryption key management solutions, including support for various KMIP-compliant key management solutions.
Scalar i500 Created for midrange storage environments, the Scalar i500 tape library features integrated iLayer software to dramatically improve the management of your backup processes. With over 50,000 iLayer libraries shipped, the benefits have been well-verified, including reductions of management time and service calls by over 50% each. Plus, Scalar i500 is simple to install, operate, and maintain, accommodating data growth up to 6PB of compressed capacity within a single rack configuration. Scalar i500 Configurations 5U
14U
23U
32U
41U
Max Drives
2
6
10
14
18
Max Cartridge Slots
41
133
225
317
409
Scalar i500 Native Capacities (TB) 5U
14U
23U
32U
41U
LTO-7 Drives
246
798
1,350
1,902
2,454
LTO-6 Drives
102.5
332.5
562.5
792.5
1022.5
LTO-5 Drives
61.5
199.5
337.5
475.5
613.5
For Midrange Storage – The
intelligent library platform with integrated iLayer software to reduce library management time while improving uptime.
Data & Media Integrity – EDLM
(Extended Data Life Management) automates integrity checking, to identify issues early and proactively avoid long-term data loss.
High Availability Features –
Redundant power supplies, control path, and data path failover features reduce downtime.
Centralized Management – Quantum
Vision® management software centralizes the administration, monitoring, and reporting of Quantum tape libraries and disk systems.
Encryption Key Management –
FIPS-validated, drive-based AES 256-bit encryption built in. Options for FIPS-validated encryption key management solutions, including support for various KMIP-compliant key management solutions.
NAS Archive – Free up primary
storage space by archiving static content with Scalar LTFS/Scalar i500 NAS-tape solution.
Capacity-on-Demand (COD) growth for
streamlined, non-disruptive expansion.
Advanced Reporting – Balance drive
and media resources; anticipate issues before they occur.
Scalar i40/i80 SCALAR i40
SCALAR i80
Created for small and medium-sized businesses, the Scalar i40/i80 tape libraries feature integrated best-inclass management and monitoring capabilities. Plus, Scalar i40/i80 are easy to install, operate, and maintain and can accommodate continual data growth, expanding capacity by 60% on-demand, with a simple-to-deploy software license.
The intelligent library platform with integrated iLayer software to simplify library management while improving uptime.
Encryption Key Management –
FIPS-validated, drive-based AES 256-bit encryption built in. Options for FIPS-validated encryption key management solutions, including support for various KMIP-compliant key management solutions.
NAS Archive – Free up primary storage
Scalar i40/i80 Configurations i40
i80
2
5
Base Configuration
25
50
with COD License
40
80
Max Drives
For Entry-level and Remote Offices –
Cartridge Slots
space by archiving static content with Scalar LTFS/Scalar Library NAStape solution.
Capacity-on-Demand (COD) growth for
streamlined, non-disruptive expansion.
Centralized Management – Quantum
Scalar i40/i80 Native Capacities (TB) i40
i80
Base Configuration
62.5
125
with COD License
100
200
Base Configuration
37
75
with COD License
60
120
LTO-6 Drives
LTO-5 Drives
Vision management software centralizes the administration, monitoring, and reporting of Quantum tape libraries and disk systems.
SAS and Native FC Interfaces. Advanced Reporting – Balance drive and
media resources; anticipate issues before they occur.
Artico Intelligent NAS Archive Appliance Increase Productivity with a Smart and Simple Archive The Artico intelligent NAS archive appliance increases your productivity by keeping files accessible across a mix of performance disk and mass storage technologies—to dramatically reduce overall storage costs. Store
more. Share more. Access faster. The Artico NAS archive enables you to store and share data intelligently. Artico provides the most economic approach to online storage—balancing the use of highspeed disk and more cost-effective archive technologies—so you can afford to store more content than ever before.
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Data
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in the right place at the right time. Artico enables teams to share active data directly from high-speed disk. At the same time, older data is intelligently migrated to less-expensive storage. Quantum’s integrated StorNext technology provides powerful policy-based data tiering to a complete range of archive technologies including tape, object storage, and cloud.
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excellent choice for all sizes. Artico grows as your storage needs grow. Artico can start with 33TB of usable disk storage that can grow seamlessly to 73TB of high-performance disk, with archive capacities to tape, object and cloud, that scales from 100TB to petabytes and supports up to a billion files. for flexibility. Easy to deploy. Artico supports SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, and NFS protocols, mainstream operating systems (Mac, Windows, Linux), and applications that run on those platforms. Artico includes 10GbE for the NAS share and Fibre Channel for tape. 10GbE can be added to support public and private cloud archive targets. Flexibility is designed in.
Artico Powerful
Tiering Engine – Leverage industry-leading StorNext intelligent policy engine to automatically protect data and take full advantage of costeffective archive tiers.
Concurrent
Support of Multiple Archive Technologies – Tiering policies can write data to Cloud, Object Storage, and Tape, providing a comprehensive choice of targets to assure the solution is tailored to your specific needs. Data Integrity – Data integrity information is included in files written to archive targets, and integrity is validated when data is read back from archive.
Active-Active
Data Movement – Leverage the full power of redundant controllers to deliver high-performance data movement.
Self-Healing
Archives – Quantum archive targets are well protected. Lattus object storage is protected with erasure code technology. Scalar libraries offer EDLM data integrity validation. Q-Cloud Archive includes multi-copy, cloud-based protection.
Built-in
Data-at-Rest
High-Performance
Modern
Shared Disk – When data is first written to Artico it resides on high-performance disk, enabling full productivity for users needing to access this more active content.
Encryption – Integrated self-encrypting drives, combined with data-inflight encryption, keep data safe throughout its journey. NAS Interface – Connect to your environment with NFS or CIFS (SMB1, SMB2, or SMB3).
Native
LTFS Option for Tape – Store data for the long haul in open LTFS tape format.
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Scalar LTFS Tape Reinvented
Linear Tape File System (LTFS) is dramatically changing the way we use and access data on tape. As an open-standard system, LTFS allows users to save data on tape in native form, and presents the data as a simple NAS file share. This allows users to easily find, drag, and drop files from a tape cartridge using a standard browser window without the need of a backup application. LTFS is ideal for archiving static data, workflow portability, and long-term content protection. Tape continues to be the most economical storage tier, and now with LTFS, your tape storage can be as accessible as disk, reducing the burden on your primary storage and backup operations.
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Scalar LTFS NAS Tape Archive Scalar LTFS appliances allow you to access your Scalar tape library as a NAS file share, providing drag-and-drop functionality to a tape-based active archive. Ideal for archiving static content—such as videos, scanned documents, and engineering/architectural files— Scalar LTFS frees up valuable primary storage space and reduces overall storage costs.
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Open Standard – The LTFS open
standard is ideal for data portability and archive, since no proprietary backup application is required.
NAS Connectivity – Enjoy NAS
connectivity simplicity with the cost and reliability benefits of tape.
Simple to Use – Leverage familiar
file system tools to store and retrieve files, without backup application complexities.
Investment Protection – Scalable
configurations; connects to multiple partitions and multiple libraries.
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Lattus Object Storage
Extended Online Storage at Massive Scale Lattus is extended online storage that scales to hundreds of petabytes—more economical than primary disk, with better performance and lower latency than tape. Lattus is ideal for large-scale data repositories that have unpredictable access patterns, such as high-performance, lowlatency, “I don’t know when I will need it, but when I do, I need it now” access. Lattus is also a great fit for workflows that need high-performance access to data without the escalating costs of buying more primary disk—for organizations looking to “extend primary, without buying more primary”.
The Lattus native cloud interface supports applications that use HTTP REST and S3. Quantum’s Artico can easily be added to integrate Lattus into workflows that need NFS or CIFS access. And Lattus can be used as an active archive tier in StorNext 5 environments. Built on next-generation object storage technology, Lattus brings unmatched levels of scale, durability, performance, and economy to online disk repositories. So you can preserve data for the long term— even forever.
Lattus is designed for the types of data often found in government—such as full-motion video, geospatial and satellite imagery, video surveillance, genomics, bioinformatics, research, and image repositories.
Why did Quantum invest in a new tier of storage infrastructure? Because the long-term value of data lies in its power to be exploited in the future—not just when the data is first collected.
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Extreme Scale for Active Archives
High-Performance, Low-Latency Access
Scales
Low-latency
Supports
Performance
Concurrent
Performance
capacity to hundreds of petabytes multiple on-ramp options such as NFS, CIFS, StorNext, HTTP REST, and S3 access for large numbers of users and applications
Scales
data across geographies to improve access and availability, per customer policy
Durable, Self-Healing Protection of Data Self-healing
algorithms continuously check data integrity and correct errors on the fly
Customer
durability policies let customers decide (and change) the amount of error resiliency in the storage infrastructure
When
components are added or replaced, data is seamlessly redistributed to make use of new storage with no user impact, without disrupting access to data
access for predictably fast retrieves not diminished during data rebuilds, unlike with traditional RAID disk not diminished during storage technology upgrades
Reduces Capital & Operating Costs Drive
failures do not require immediate operator intervention
Eliminates
need for most unscheduled maintenance via high level of redundancy
Eliminates
costly technology refresh challenges via selfmigrating feature
Leverages
low-power, low-cooling drives with durable object storage algorithms
Significantly
reduces network, storage, and operating costs compared to traditional storage and replication approaches
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StorNext 5 Scale-out Storage
Proven for Mission Information Workflows in Government
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StorNext 5 Scale-out Storage is highperformance shared storage designed to accelerate complex information workflows. It includes primary storage, extended online storage, tape archives, and cloud—all powered by the industry’s fastest streaming file system and policy-driven tiering software.
StorNext primary storage is used for highperformance shared access. Object storage offers extended online access at massive scale. Our cost-effective tape libraries provide best-in-class data integrity for long-term data preservation. And our cloud tier delivers on-demand access to cloud storage.
Whether capturing satellite imagery, ingesting hi-res video, or collecting network traffic for cybersecurity—StorNext enables high-performance capture, collaboration, processing, and preservation of data. And while each workflow is different, some things remain the same: the data is invaluable, the data is growing, the data cannot be recreated, and the data must be preserved—so it can be repurposed in ways that can’t be imagined today.
With policy-driven tiering, files are always visible in the same location, regardless of where the files physically reside. So you can migrate less-frequently accessed data to lowercost tiers, without disrupting your workflow. Data management can be challenging. The fact that data is being kept longer— combined with raw data growth and very real budgetary pressures—leads to a need for highperformance, scalable storage that is also costeffective. StorNext 5 delivers speed, flexibility, and scale for the most complex workflows.
Speed
Flexibility
Scale
High-performance access to data is no longer a “nice-tohave.” It’s a key requirement. With support for both SAN and NAS, StorNext delivers extreme streaming performance to enable fast ingest and shared access— making StorNext the ideal choice for collaboration on large sets of large files. Even in the most demanding mission environments.
StorNext is designed to fit seamlessly into your workflows. Use StorNext SAN clients over Fibre Channel for high-performance workflows. Or enable users to share files over IP, with StorNext LAN clients at speeds up to 50% faster than NFS and CIFS. Deploy StorNext with clients that run Linux, Windows, UNIX, or Mac OS—they all work. And with StorNext’s policy-based tiering, you can integrate different types of storage into a single namespace that can include SSDs, spinning disk, object storage, LTO/LTFS tape, and cloud. Now that’s flexible.
Data growth today needs storage infrastructure that can scale from small to large to massive amounts of data. Why is why StorNext scales to petabytes, and to billions of files. Organizations today also need to support increased collaboration—which is why StorNext supports tens, hundreds, or thousands of users with simultaneous file sharing via SAN and LAN. And with its policy-based tiering, StorNext 5 gives you cost-effective options to preserve vast amounts of data for the future.
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StorNext Metadata Appliances
High performance – Purpose-built
StorNext 5 Metadata Appliances centrally manage file operations for StorNext scale-out storage. Pre-configured with storage for file system metadata, factoryinstalled and factory-licensed with StorNext software, and purpose-built to meet requirements for speed and scale, StorNext metadata appliances simplify procurement & deployment. So you can power your information workflows with fast, reliable shared access to large sets of large files.
STORNEXT M440 STORNEXT M445 SSD
STORNEXT M660XL STORNEXT M665 SSD WITH OPTIONAL EXPANSION UNIT
for predictable performance with StorNext 5; takes full advantage of modern, multi-core chips
Flexible access – SAN and LAN; via
1GbE, 10GbE, and FC; for clients on Linux, Windows, UNIX, and Mac OS
Scalability – Up to billions of files
on expanded StorNext metadata appliances, and options for policybased tiering to allow growth across different types of storage, such as flash, disk, object, and tape
Ease of deployment – Pre-configured
with metadata storage; factoryinstalled and licensed with StorNext software
World-class support – From the
StorNext file sharing experts at Quantum
StorNext Metadata Appliance Specifications StorNext M440 Hardware
StorNext M445 SSD
Dual or Quad 8Gb FC per controller Included Software Licenses
StorNext M660XL
StorNext M665 SSD
Dual metadata controllers with automatic failover, Dedicated metadata array, Redundant power & cooling, Rack-mountable, Optional metadata expansion unit Quad 8Gb FC per controller
10 file system SAN client licenses, High Availability license option, Distributed Data Mover (DDM) for secondary node Dual gateway with unlimited LAN clients
Scalability Client Access
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Up to 1.2B files 2 or 4 file systems
Up to 400M files 2 or 4 file systems
Up to 5B files 8 or 16 file systems
Up to 5B files Up to 32 file systems
Client OS: Linux, Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, MacOS Connectivity: 1GbE, 10GbE, Fibre Channel
StorNext Gateway Appliances StorNext Gateway Appliances provide access to LAN clients over an IP network using our high-performance StorNext DLC protocol, delivering performance up to 50% faster than conventional NAS. StorNext Gateways come with built-in load-balancing and failover between gateways, to ensure client access to the mission data. The gateways are preconfigured with licenses for an unlimited number of LAN clients, and make it easy to provision new LAN clients.
Performance over LAN – Up to 50%
The StorNext G300 Gateway is ideal for customers who need reliable access to a shared set of files, but not at Fibre Channel speeds. The gateway comes in two models: StorNext G301, a 1GbE model with aggregate throughput of 800 MB/s; and StorNext G302, a 10GbE model with aggregate throughput of 1.6 GB/s.
World-class support – From the
faster than traditional NAS protocols
Availability - Automatic load
balancing and failover between gateways for HA
Unlimited client support – Each
gateway supports an unlimited number of LAN clients
Choice of models – For 1GbE
or 10GbE infrastructure
Ease of deployment – Can be
easily added to existing StorNext environments StorNext file sharing experts at Quantum
StorNext Gateway Appliance Configurations Client Connectivity SAN Connectivity Client Throughput
G301
G302
1GbE Ethernet
10GbE Ethernet
8Gb Dual Fibre Channel 800MB/s total per Gateway
1.6GB/s total per Gateway
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StorNext Q-Series Storage QXS-1200
QXS-2400
QXS-5600
StorNext Q-Series Storage is designed to meet the speed, scale, and sharing requirements for large collections of data, such as video, satellite, geospatial, network traffic, research, life sciences, and sensor data. The complex information workflows found in mission environments call for scale-out storage that delivers performance, scale, and density along with the availability and reliability you expect. StorNext Q-Series storage is offered in several different chassis and drive sizes, offering a range of capacities, densities, and performance characteristics for different workflows.
StorNext Q-Series Storage QXS-1200
QXS-2400
QXS-5600
384TB
230.4TB
1.344PB
Chassis Form Factor
2U
2U
4U
Drives Per Chassis
12
24
56
Max Chassis per Array
8
8
4
Max Raw Capacity
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Optimized for StorNext 5 –
Tuned & configured to be used in StorNext environments
Range of models – To enable
an optimal mix of capacity, performance, density, and economy
High-availability features –
Including dual-active controllers with I/O path failover
Encryption – Full Disk Encryption
(FDE) drives are available for increased security
World-class support – From the
StorNext file sharing experts at Quantum
StorNext AEL Archives StorNext AEL Archives provide a massively scalable tape-based storage tier in a StorNext active archive, giving you the option to preserve data without the cost, space, power consumption, and management of conventional disk. StorNext AEL Archives are powered by policy-based StorNext data tiering, allowing you to match the cost of the storage to the access needs of the data—and the archives come with optional AES 256-bit, FIPS Certified encryption and continuous off-line data integrity checking to ensure the long-term preservation of information. StorNext AEL Archives offer slot-based pricing, allowing the library capacity to grow without additional capacity license fees, as new generations of LTO tape support greater capacities.
Economics of tiering – Policy-driven
tiered storage lets you match the cost of the storage to the needs of the data, migrating less frequently accessed data to tape
Capacity-on-demand growth –
Simplify storage growth by scaling quickly, easily, and without disruption
Self-healing – Extended Data Life
Management (EDLM) policies can proactively detect suspect media and automatically migrate data to new tapes
Tape vaulting and active vaulting –
Infrequently used tapes may be stored outside the library or in a vaulted partition to lower costs
Slot-based pricing – Enjoy TCO
benefits when migrating already purchased StorNext AEL Archives to new generations of LTO
World-class support – All software,
hardware, and support come from the experts at Quantum
StorNext AEL Archive Models Base Module Sizes Technology
AEL500 Mini
AEL500
AEL6000
5U
14U, 23U
2–16 frames LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7
LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7
LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7
Drives
2 to 17
3 to 17
4 to 95
Slots
20 to 409
41 to 409
400 to 11,980
20
41, 133
400, 700, 1,500, 3,000, 5,000
2.5PB
2.5PB
7PB
Base Unit Active Slots Max Capacity (LTO-6)
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StorNext Q-Cloud Archive Integrated Cloud Storage for StorNext StorNext Q-Cloud™ Archive provides easy and cost-effective on-demand access to cloud storage for increased flexibility, protection, and availability. Fully integrated into StorNext 5 and extends intelligent policy-based tiering into the cloud. No additional hardware or software required.
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StorNext Q-Cloud Archive provides access to a virtually limitless pool of off-premise storage through StorNext 5 data management software. Just set your policies based on your agency’s requirements and StorNext automatically copies or moves data to highly reliable, always-available cloud storage—with no scripts, programming, or manual processes. Use it for enhanced data protection, on-thefly scalability, or to offload content from primary storage. The choice is yours.
StorNext Q-Cloud Archive Easy
to Use Cloud – Q-Cloud Archive is built into StorNext, making it one of the easiest ways to incorporate the cloud into your workflows.
Flexible
Scalability – Driven by award-winning StorNext policy-based data management. Use only what you need, only when you need it.
No Additional Software or Hardware –
StorNext users have nothing to install and nothing new to learn.
Reliability
– Replication and data integrity are core to the functionality.
Security
– Server-side data encryptions protect data-in-flight and data-at-rest.
Control Costs –
Scale without up-front installation or capital expenditure. Protect data as long as needed at a predictable rate.
Available
on Demand – When we say it’s built in, we mean it—Q-Cloud Archive is there when you click on it.
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
Quantum Vision Software
Complete Monitoring & Management for Data Protection Vision software simplifies multi-site data protection by providing global management of Quantum virtualization, disk, and tape systems through a single console.
Status at a Glance –
Provides global status so you can be confident that your disk- and tape-based systems are operating as they should
Performance Optimization –
Captures and stores the performance data you need to optimize configurations for fastest backup, restore, and replication
Smart Capacity Planning –
Administrators save money by monitoring usage trends and purchasing additional capacity only when necessary
Automatic Reporting – Automatically delivers
comprehensive reports to save administrators time and effort
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Quantum StorageCare Global Services
Commitment | Accountability | Responsiveness | Expertise The Service and Support You Need
A Partner That Keeps You at Peak Performance
Our
Global
Ranked among the best in the world, focused on continuous improvement and customer feedback, our StorageCare Global Services deliver the service and support you need. We know it’s important to have an experienced partner to support your agency’s operations. We know that maintaining end-to-end uptime is critical to your success. And we know how important it is to have the right level of support in place, so that you’re ready to handle the unexpected. flexible, multi-tiered offerings are designed to help you meet your demanding agency’s objectives
Expertise
spans traditional, virtual, and object storage environments
Well-defined
processes deliver fast resolution and effective outcomes
Thousands of customers rely on us to provide flexible, end-to-end support. Support that is delivered by fully trained and certified engineers who are authorized to perform services, and who are equipped with the latest certified replacement parts. Whether you need to plan your next storage network expansion, move equipment, optimize performance, manage a complex integration, or train your team, we partner with you to keep your agency running at peak performance.
coverage provides 24/7 support with resources strategically located around the world
Education
and online tools available to improve your support experience
Every
request treated with respect, urgency, and importance—what matters to you matters to us
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Learn more at >> quantum.com/government While the expectation in government IT to “do more with less” can be challenging, the technology advances in sensors, analytics, mobile, and cloud are creating new opportunities to turn this massive influx of data into actionable information. New opportunities to collaborate and to innovate. Whether your agency is chartered with stewarding the environment, strengthening national security, improving public safety, or advancing scientific research—more than ever, Quantum can help you improve operational effectiveness and raise situational awareness. Today’s government information workflows require reliable, secure, and proven storage infrastructure from experts you can trust—from the experts at Quantum who understand that it’s about your workflow, not the storage.
ABOUT QUANTUM Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out storage, archive and data protection, providing solutions for sharing, preserving and accessing digital assets over the entire data lifecycle. From small businesses to major enterprises, more than 100,000 customers have trusted Quantum to address their most demanding data workflow challenges. With Quantum, customers can Be Certain™ they have the end-to-end storage foundation to maximize the value of their data by making it accessible whenever and wherever needed, retaining it indefinitely and reducing total cost and complexity. See how at www.quantum.com/customerstories.
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