Quantum debuts Next-Gen StorNext Appliances

Quantum Corp. has announced three new StorNext appliances that enable high-speed collaboration and workflow management from ingest through archive for post-production and broadcast facilities. The comprehensive StorNext M440 Metadata Appliance, StorNext QX Storage primary disk and StorNext AEL500 Mini Archive provide a high-performance file sharing and policy-based tiered content archive management system. These appliances are 100-per cent compatible with existing Apple Xsan installations and ideal for mid-sized creative workflow environments.

Like all StorNext products, they also support the industry’s most popular media asset managers and editing, finishing, ingest, transcode, and playout tools, including products from Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid and Telestream.

Quantum will showcase its new StorNext appliances and other products at its National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), including a behind-the-scenes demonstration of ingest-to-archive scenarios using industry-leading media asset managers and workflow applications with Quantum’s StorNext and Scalar LTFS appliances. StorNext’s high-speed and seamless interoperability with various familiar software tools help post-production and broadcasters leverage investments, optimize their creative workflow and maximize the value of their video assets. NAB will be held this week at the Las Vegas Convention Center, from April 8–11.

Alex Grossman, Product Executive, Media and Entertainment, Quantum, said, "The media and entertainment landscape continues to evolve and raise new asset management challenges for the industry. The new products we are announcing today represent Quantum’s ongoing commitment to bring the power of StorNext to organizations of all sizes and provide the scalability and robust operation that media companies require to meet increasingly tighter deadlines and continue to capitalize on prior investments."