Aquari SN4410 High-Capacity Storage Node by Concurrent

Concurrent Computer Corporation and Super Micro Computer, Inc. announced the Aquari SN4410, a capacity storage node that enhances Aquari storage capabilities and leverages Supermicro’s optimized storage server to expand the firm’s market opportunity in the growth of storage for visual asset libraries.

As video moves through today’s file-based media workflow it is typically stored in multiple storage islands which creates unnecessary work and complexity. Today’s 4K video content and increasing OTT distribution options are causing media libraries to grow exponentially, resulting in inefficient capacity scaling and infrastructure management.

The SN4410 storage node expands Aquari’s ability to consolidate storage by providing a cost-effective option to bring tape-based archives online, reducing the cost and complexity of managing tape storage and enabling new monetization opportunities by bringing more content online.

Sharing storage capacity between applications removes the need for storage silos, minimizing cost, training, and support. It also enables faster migration of content, accelerating processing through the media workflow. Deploying 60 off-the-shelf HDDs, the SN4400 supports up to 480TB in a single 4U chassis. This capacity storage node allows scalability from terabytes to exabytes and integrates with Aquari’s other performance and capacity optimized storage nodes and simple management UI and set of REST APIs.

“The rapid growth of visual media presents new and unique challenges in manageability, performance, increasing complexity and maintenance costs,” said Scott Ryan, SVP, products, Concurrent. “The Aquari SN4410 storage node was engineered to accommodate larger storage requirements of the $4.7 billion information archive market while still offering simple, cost-effective, adaptable, storage that streamlines administration and slashes OPEX overhead.“

Aquari is a multi-workload storage system that supports applications using S3, Swift, RADOS, RBD, NFS, and SMB. It provides flexible configurations to integrate with core media applications and supports multiple application types simultaneously. Rather than creating storage silos tailored to each application, customers can use a single Aquari cluster to configure and manage mixed workloads for enhanced operational efficiency and reduced capital spending.

“For customers who need a combination of strong performance and high capacity, as well as an architecture that is easy to manage and scale, this joint solution based on the Supermicro 4U 60-bay top-loading storage server should be strongly considered,” said Michael McNerney, VP, software solutions and infrastructure, Supermicro. “Aquari enables flexible cluster configurations to support multiple workload types, and the SN4410 extends the capacity capabilities to exabyte-scale environments.”