[SoftWare] QUANTUM RELEASES ACTIVESCALE 6.0 SOFTWARE AND NEW OBJECT STORAGE PLATFORM

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Quantum has released a new version of ActiveScale object storage software that is reshaping the way they store, manage, and extract value from their unstructured data stores.

ActiveScale 6.0 is said to provide unlimited scalability and stable performance at any scale without compromising data availability, robustness, and security. The software is now available as a subscription on eligible platforms including the new ActiveScale X200, a streamlined, converged platform that delivers high-density, high-capacity storage in a small footprint.

 

“The acceleration of digital transformation is also accelerating data growth and we want our customers to have the tools they need to use data to drive their business forward,” said Jamie Lerner, President and CEO of Quantum. “The seamless scalability of our ActiveScale software makes them able to use their data, regardless of its size, to its fullest potential – whether they are making new scientific discoveries, identifying business trends that give them a competitive advantage, or delivering the next mega-hit on the big screen.”

 

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Quantum's new ActiveScale X200 object storage platform

Innovations in genomics, artificial intelligence/machine learning, Earth and space sciences, and the use of video are driving massive data growth. IT and data center managers are challenged not only to store this data at an affordable cost but also to keep it accessible to all for continuous research, reconfiguration, and reuse. ActiveScale 6.0 and the X200 platform are said to meet this need with high-performance access at greater system density, increased user productivity and reduced management, energy and overall infrastructure costs.

 

ActiveScale 6.0 offers unlimited expansion in capacity, processing, and number of objects, making it easy to grow and manage big data. With ActiveScale, organizations can seamlessly scale compute, networking, and storage resources to achieve consistent performance at scale without the need for performance tuning or rebalancing.

 

The two-layer software architecture optimizes flash and disk resources, using real-time heuristics to dynamically position data across all system resources in parallel for maximum efficiency and long-term balanced performance.

 

Quantum's new ActiveScale X200 object storage platform takes advantage of the latest generation of high-density, high-capacity server technologies. Within a standard data center rack, compared to the previous generation platform, the X200 triple-module ActiveScale object storage suite now supports 78% greater storage density (14.6PB raw), up to 7X greater sustainable throughput (up to 51Gbps) and 6 times the number of objects (30 billion).

These capabilities reduce the overall system footprint and simplify deployment in both large and small configurations. When scaling with the new platform, capacity, performance, and number of objects are unlimited, creating a unified system cluster that grows to exabytes of capacity and billions of objects.

 

ActiveScale X200 joins the recently announced ActiveScale P100E3 Input Object Storage Platform. With this expanded portfolio, ActiveScale systems can be deployed from hundreds of terabytes to hundreds of exabytes and more.