Quantum Launches StorNext Pro Foundation in Europe

Quantum Corp. announced that StorNext Pro Foundation, its integrated shared storage system for smaller workgroups, is available in Europe.

Targeted at media professionals in post and broadcast as well as those managing corporate and government video, StorNext Pro Foundation is the latest addition to the high-performance StorNext Pro Solutions line and is built on StorNext 5 collaboration and workflow software.

Complete, performance solution

• Ready to deploy within new or existing networks, StorNext Pro Foundation gives smaller production workgroups a high-performance, attractively priced solution for managing content from ingest to delivery to archive.

• The underlying StorNext 5 platform enables versatility to ensure that, as customers’ workflows evolve, the solution will provide the power to meet their needs for content ingest from multiple sources, collaborative content creation, on-time delivery in any format and content preservation for future monetisation.

Full Xsan compatibility

• StorNext Pro Foundation provides Xsan compatibility, enabling smaller workgroups – such as ad agencies, corporate video production departments and houses of worship that create significant amounts of video – to refresh or upgrade their Xsan storage environments.

• Current StorNext users can leverage StorNext Pro Foundation to add smaller workgroups for graphics, rendering and EFX.

Configurations and support

• StorNext Pro Foundation comes in either 48TB or 96TB configurations, which respectively support five and seven simultaneous Xsan/Windows/Linux SAN clients, including two Windows/Linux SAN clients as core system components.

• Either configuration can support up to four file systems (volumes) comprising 100 million files.

• The 48TB configuration is upgradable to 96TB.

• Customers have the option of purchasing a StorNext AEL500 tape archive with either the 48TB or the 96TB configuration.

• StorNext Pro Foundation includes one year of Quantum support with 30-minute phone response.

StorNext Pro Foundation is available through select resellers.

Warren Peel, MD, TRAMS Ltd., said: “As a longstanding Quantum StorNext reseller, we welcome the introduction of StorNext Pro Foundation. It delivers the power of Quantum’s StorNext 5 software in a complete and Xsan-compatible system to a new audience of UK-based media professionals in post and broadcast as well as ad agencies, corporate video production departments and houses of worship.“

Laurent Fanichet, product marketing manager, scale-out storage, EMEA, Quantum, said: “There’s been a lot of interest in StorNext Pro Foundation from organisations with smaller production workgroups. They’re looking for a tailored, high-performance storage solution that enables them to create, share and fully utilise their content, and StorNext Pro Foundation delivers that. Now these smaller workgroups can experience the benefits of StorNext Pro Solutions that larger media companies have seen, including the ability to optimise performance, reliability and service in a fully integrated system at an extremely compelling price point.“