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Quantum Expanded Media Workflow Capabilities of StorNext Solutions

Efficiency gains, flexibility improvements and cost reductions

At the IBC 2016 show, Quantum Corp.featured enhancements to its StorNext-powered Xcellis and Lattus storage solutions that bring greater efficiency and flexibility to diverse media workflows while reducing overall costs.

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Visitors to the firm’s stand will see how Xcellis workflow storage supports animation/VFX and editorial within a single shared environment and also optimizes technology deployments by running media workflow applications within a converged architecture. In addition, the company will demonstrate content transcoding and delivery directly from Lattus object storage.

At IBC2016, the company showcased its reference architecture that allows users to maintain storage for an expanding range of media processes and departments – animation/VFX, color grading and high-resolution editorial – within a single shared environment that supplies the type and degree of connectivity required across the end-to-end workflow.

Built on Xcellis workflow storage, the architecture incorporates QXS hybrid flash-disk storage with Q-Tier technology, providing animators, VFX artists and colorists with the random I/O performance they need for a fraction of the cost of an all-flash solution. Because StorNext-powered solutions are certified with applications – including the Autodesk suite, Adobe suite, and animation management tools such as Shotgun – facilities can integrate the new reference architecture into existing environments.

Enabling optimal resource allocation with converged architecture
Building on its partner ecosystem, the company has collaborated with a growing number of partners to introduce embedded applications for Xcellis that address tasks such as media asset management, transcoding and quality control, provisioning resources in an exceptionally efficient on-demand model. A VM hypervisor within the Xcellis storage system executes embedded applications, reducing the need for dedicated application servers while also providing a flexible foundation for future technologies and workflows.

At IBC2016, partners, including Elements (Syslink GmbH) and IPV Limited, featured their own applications running directly on Xcellis high-performance shared storage. Elements demonstrated its gateway product, which supports mixed editorial environments, and IPV Limited displayed its Curator media asset management solution.

Transcoding and delivery with Lattus Object Storage
During the show, the firm also highlighted a workflow that integrates Lattus with media management software from either Vidispine or CatDV for efficient transcode and delivery within the Lattus object storage framework. Using this approach, content owners can transcode, deliver content and manage assets directly from Lattus without restoring to online storage or converting objects back to files.

Dave Frederick, senior director, media and entertainment, Quantum, said: “Quantum has a long history of providing innovative, end-to-end workflow storage and content management, and our presence at IBC2016 will demonstrate our continual work to make shared storage technology better, faster and more flexible. We will show solutions that address the challenges associated with modern media workflows and help users realize the increased efficiency and productivity that are so vital in today’s demanding marketplace.

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