StorNext 5 introduces new appliances built from the ground up to provide faster performance, 5x greater scalability, and optimization for modern workflows. Key features include a new modern core with improved caching, compact metadata, and management. Performance is improved across all file sizes up to 10x faster, and it scales to support up to 5 billion files. StorNext 5 provides topology-agnostic access over Fibre Channel, IP/NAS, and InfiniBand. It is optimized for Quantum's StorNext Q-Series storage and Lattus object storage. StorNext 5 also introduces native LTFS support for tape formats and is architected for long-term efficiency and non-disruptive updates.

1. Introducing
StorNext 5 Appliances

2. Modern Workflows Have Changed Operations
Video, Image and Sensor data
paths are 100% digital
Deliver
Globally distributed teams
require shared access
Various sized unstructured
data files are managed
Topologies and interconnects
have evolved

3. StorNext 5 Appliances
A New Era for Digital Workflows
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Built from the Ground Up for
– Performance
– Scalability
– Flexibility

4. Engineered from the Ground up
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Next Generation Technology
A New Modern Core
– New cache management
– Multiprocessor aware with lower CPU
utilization
– More compact on-disk format
– New reporting/management framework

5. 5x Greater Scalability
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Up to 5 Billion Files
– Metadata scalable to petabytes
– Designed for large block allocation space
– No slowdown as FS grows and ages

6. 10x Faster Performance*
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Across the Board Performance
Improvements
– All files sizes improve
– File creates and deletes up to 10x faster
– Small file performance greatly increased
up to 100%
– Takes full advantage of SSD Flash and
multi-core processors
* Performance measured in standardized testing against StorNext v4.2 file create
and delete performance, real-world application performance may vary

7. Beyond the SAN
IP/NAS + SAN and beyond
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Topology Agnostic
– Fibre Channel, IP/NAS and beyond - all
highly optimized with new cache
parameters and better system tuning
– All operating systems enjoy better
performance and lower latency
– Takes advantage of InfiniBand for lower
latency applications such as HPC

8. Optimized for StorNext Q-Series
and Lattus Object Storage
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Improved Affinities Provide
Better Disk Performance
– Automated tuning and reduced
parameters, now self-tuned for Quantum
disk
– Buffer cache I/O improvements and
smaller block allocation improve
performance on Petabyte-scale Lattus
Object Storage

9. Native LTFS Capability
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Choice of LTO Tape Format
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LTFS format
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Meets LTFS standards
Non-proprietary format
Content delivery
Collaboration
Long-term vaulting
Quantum ANTF format
– Higher read and write performance
– Single file can span multiple tapes

10. Architected for the Long-Term
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Redesigned To Boost Efficiency
and Performance
– RAM, CPU cache, controller and disk IO all
important in FS performance
– Shrinking metadata makes all these more
effective
– Fit more in RAM and cache
– Move more with bandwidth
– Maintain consistent performance over time
– Seamless, non-disruptive software updates

11. Flash & InfiniBand Optimized
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Takes Full Advantage of SSD
and Flash for Performance
– Low latency and high I/O applications
benefit most
– Improves HPC and analytic operations
– Improves small file performance
– Support for InfiniBand

12. Engineered from the Ground up
5x Greater Scalability
10x Faster Performance*
Beyond the SAN
IP/NAS + SAN and beyond
Optimized for StorNext Q-Series
and Lattus Object Storage
Native LTFS Capability
Architected for the Long-Term
Flash & InfiniBand Optimized

13. StorNext 5 Use Cases by Industry
End-to-End
Content
Management
Media & Entertainment
Real-Time
Mission Support
Sequence Genes
to Cure Disease
Intelligence & Surveillance
Life Sciences
Analyze Data to
Accelerate Discovery
Natural Resources

14. Integrated with Workflow Applications
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15. Leading Companies Choose StorNext

16. StorNext 5 Appliance Family
End-to-End Workflow
Ingest
Work in
Process
Delivery
Nearline
Long Term
Off-site
StorNext
LTFS
StorNext Q-Series High-Performance Disk Storage
Lattus Object Storage
StorNext AEL Archives

17. StorNext 5 Availability
StorNext 5 will initially be available
on StorNext appliances in 2013
StorNext 5 software-only solutions
will deliver in the first half of 2014

18. NEXT-GENERATION
OBJECT STORAGE

19. Data Challenges Converge on Your Business
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20. Data Value Drives Changes to Workflows
Traditional Infrastructure
New Infrastructure
Never-Ending Disk Pools
Fast Cache
Cache for immediate work
Smart Data Movement
Support unpredictable,
on-demand access
Legacy Backup & Archive
Vault
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Policy-based, native,
unlimited scalability, low TCO

21. Petabyte Scale Challenges
Traditional Architecture
Efficiency
Traditional RAID is inefficient at Petabyte Scale
88%
75%
Percentage usable
66%
100TB
1PB
10PB
10 Disk RAID*
Time (days)
RAID suffers from unacceptable rebuild times as drive size increases
3
2
1
1TB
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3TB
4TB
*2013 Evaluator Group, Inc.

22. Traditional Storage Approaches
Reduce Data Usage Efficiency
Traditional block addressing cannot match
scale, access or durability needs
Traditional file hierarchies
inhibit required global
access flexibility
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23. Next-Generation Object Storage Matches
Modern Data Usage Objectives
Unlimited Scalability
Independent of physical location
Flexible Data Usage
No hierarchy – 100% flat namespace
Long-Term Online Durability
Forward Error Correction (FEC)
for data integrity
Efficiency allows multiple copies
of encoded data distributed
across storage nodes
Global Data Access
Distributed data
leveraging global networks
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24. Object Storage Provides Immediate Value
Cost-Effective
Global Data Availability
Rapid Access
to Historical Data
Infinite Scalability
& Data Durability
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Transparent
Cloud Migration
Big Data
Analysis Enabled
Content Re-Monetization
Made Easy

25. Lattus-M Object Storage Disk Archive
Forever disk archive
StorNext-managed policy-based
tiering
Leverages next-generation object
storage
Lower latency than tape
More efficient than mirrored RAID
Includes Storage Manager license
1 Billion Files (per MDC)
Archive starts at 200 TB
Virtually unlimited scalability

26. THANK YOU
© 2013 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties,
does not necessarily represent the company’s outlook and is for planning purposes only.