Solving Data-Intensive Environment Problems with FlexSync and FlexSpace

Quantum announced that it has officially released version 6 of its scale-out file system, 'StorNext 6'.

The newly released 'StorNext6' provides new intelligent data management capabilities and industry-leading streaming performance that support on-premises, hybrid, and public cloud environments.

When the new StorNext 6 is integrated with Quantum's workflow storage solution Xcellis, users can overcome the limitations of traditional NAS systems. It effectively handles rapidly increasing, high-volume, data-intensive workloads, thereby maximizing the business value of data.

StorNext 6 provides optimal cost efficiency, particularly for tasks such as accessing and sharing geographically distributed files, managing and protecting archived data, and auditing change history throughout the data lifecycle.

In highly data-intensive environments such as genetic engineering, academic research, video surveillance, and public security, it is difficult for distributed teams to collaborate on creative, analytical, or other tasks using common data. Solve the problem using StorNext 6's new features, 'FlexSync' and 'FlexSpace'.

High-performance file storage users access the system using tens, hundreds, or thousands of clients at irregular times, impacting workflows and causing various inefficiencies. To address these issues, StorNext6 optimizes performance based on business priorities across all client workstations as well as on an individual client (node) basis through new QoS (Quality of Service) guarantee features.

Users can allocate more bandwidth to individual workstations for key applications related to urgent projects, or set parameters for non-time-sensitive tasks to avoid consuming unnecessary bandwidth, and can quickly apply changes based on changes in priority.

In addition, users can browse archive directories containing thousands or millions of offline files on the client platform without the need to search the entire directory. This streamlines the archive search process, allowing users to retrieve necessary files more quickly.

The new StorNext 6 product includes a new replication expiration feature that automatically deletes file replicas stored in high-cost storage tiers, saving space and improving overall ROI. It enables tracking of file change history throughout the entire data lifecycle, providing reports on who made what changes, when, and where files were moved.

Molly Presley, Vice President and General Manager of Global Marketing at Quantum, said, “Traditional NAS solutions and general-purpose scale-out storage cannot effectively support workloads of large-scale unstructured data that are growing rapidly. Xcellis Workflow Storage based on StorNext 6 integrates high performance and intelligent data management capabilities to help achieve business goals cost-effectively, even in extremely data-intensive environments.”