Quantum upgrades to StorNext 6 with replication and app QoS
Summary
Quantum has upgraded its StorNext scale-out file system with the addition of replication between discrete instances of the environment and shared access to a single repository for dispersed teams. Meanwhile, FlexSpace allows multiple instances of StorNext to share a single archive repository and easily access the same data set. Stornext is Quantum’s proprietary file system that allows access to block storage from Microsoft Windows, Linux, AIX UNIX and Apple workstations. Hardware components in the Quantum Stornext universe include Xcellis primary storage (SAN and NAS) arrays and metadata heads, Lattus object storage (with the original equipment manufacturer being Amplidata), Artico NAS archives, Scalar tape and the Q Cloud Archive cloud gateway. StorNext 6 also provides a quality of service (QoS) feature that allows users to specify bandwidth allocation across all client workstations on a machine-by-machine basis.