Quantum VS-HCI Series Acuity V.10.9 Hyperconverged Software Platform

Quantum Corp. announced an update to the VS-HCI Series Acuity software platform recently acquired from Pivot3.

The 10.9 version of the platform addresses the system-level availability, health, maintenance, and performance needs of organizations where video is mission-critical in delivering high level of safety and security. This update extends the features of the VS-HCI Series built-in ‘Intelligence Engine’, which is at the core of the company’s Acuity software platform and comprises many automated system management capabilities including performance optimization, advanced video data protection, system health monitoring and analytics, and auto-healing. Acuity 10.9 also delivers additional simplicity and automation, provides 24×7 system up-time in video surveillance environments and enables customers to automate end-to-end system and data life-cycle management. All these capabilities deliver lower TCO for video surveillance implementations of all sizes.

“The Acuity software acquired from Pivot3 is a proven platform for deploying software-defined server-storage infrastructure purpose-built for mission-critical video surveillance environments,” said Ross Fujii, VP and GM, strategic markets. “We are pleased to be releasing this update so quickly after the acquisition to further strengthen the resilience and simplicity advantages Quantum’s VS-HCI Series delivers our customers. We will continue to innovate and provide the most comprehensive and robust set of end-to-end solutions built specifically for video surveillance and physical security.“

Features and capabilities of Acuity software version 10.9 include:

Upgraded Orchestration Manager enhancements including automated system health assessment prior to and after an upgrade, 1-click online and automated upgrades, and monitoring of upgrade status and system availability via integration with Acuity phone home capabilities.
50% faster drive rebuild performance with Quick Drive Rebuild capability which complements the previously introduced Quick Node Rebuild capability. Together, these features establish a faster and automated return to full system health without impacting video ingest performance in the event either drives or complete node failure conditions occur. This is critical in addressing the growth in video storage requirements with increased disk drive and appliance capacities.
Additional disk drive analytics for greater detection of potential disk drive issues that can impact system performance.
Additional embedded AI that monitors and analyzes disk drive performance and provides enhanced predictive drive sparing for optimum system availability and performance.
Support of VMware ESXi 7, including hypervisor and vCenter Server 7, along with updates to Quantum’s vCenter Server plug-in that provides management of the VS-HCI Series from the familiar vCenter console enabling an organization’s VMware administrators to manage the video surveillance infrastructure.

Version 10.9 of the Acuity software platform is available to the company’s customers with a VS-HCI Series support plan.