Data Management
Quantum StorNext.
High-performance shared storage and archive platform for media, energy, and research workloads — combining NAS, SAN, and object storage in a single managed namespace.
Overview
Quantum StorNext is a high-performance shared storage and archive platform designed for workloads that require sustained throughput and large-file handling — media production, seismic processing, genomics, and research computing. StorNext combines a high-performance shared file system with integrated archive management, enabling a unified namespace across disk and tape.
STME deploys StorNext for energy operators in the GCC managing large seismic data sets, and for broadcast and media organizations requiring shared access to video production content. StorNext's tiering engine automatically migrates content from fast disk to tape archive based on access time and policy.
Key features
- High-performance parallel file system (StorNext FS)
- Unified namespace across disk, tape, and cloud
- Metadata-driven content management
- Up to thousands of clients sharing one file system
- Integrated archive management with policy-based tiering
- Multi-protocol access (NFS, SMB, FibreChannel, object)
- Replication to secondary StorNext or cloud sites
Specifications
File system
StorNext FS (parallel, shared)
Throughput
Up to tens of GB/s aggregate
File size
Optimized for large files (GB–TB)
Tape integration
Quantum Scalar, any LTFS tape
Protocols
NFS, SMB, FC, S3
Use cases
Seismic data management
Broadcast media production
Research data management
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