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Quantum Unveils Latest Xcellis Appliance for Demanding Video WorkflowsSAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp. (OTCPK:QMCO) today announced the availability of the latest Xcellis® appliances powered by StorNext, Quantum's award-winning file system. The new offerings reinforce Xcellis as the solution of choice to ingest, edit, share and store media content and provide an improved technical foundation for organizations to run their operations. The new appliances are based on a next-generation server architecture that includes dual 8-core Intel Xeon CPU's, 64 GB memory, SSD boot drives, and dual 100Gb Ethernet or 32 Gb Fibre Channel ports. The significantly enhanced CPU and 50% increase in RAM over the previous generation greatly improve StorNext metadata performance. These enhancements make tasks such as file auditing less time intensive, support an even greater number of clients per node, and enable the management of billions of files per node. Customers operating in a dynamic application environment on storage nodes will also see performance improvements. [Click to tweet: New @QuantumCorp Xcellis appliances powered by StorNext deliver greater networking configurability and performance for video workflows https://qntm.co/2HYrIg3https://www.quantum.com/en/products/scale-out-storage/xcellis-scale-out-nas/] More Efficient Network Capabilities for Greater Productivity Next-generation Xcellis Advantages Comprehensive, Unified Access Across Geographies: With the unique ability to provide cross-protocol locking for shared files across SAN, NFS, and SMB, Xcellis is an optimal solution for organizations that have collaborative workflows andneed to share content across both Fibre Channel and Ethernet. Unparalleled Video Playback Performance: Quantum's Xcellis has long been trusted to deliver the performance needed for increasingly demanding applications and higher resolution content. Now leveraging the benefits that come with an improved next-generation hardware platform, StorNext will provide even higher levels of streaming performance for video playback, with even greater reliability. Cost-effectively Preserve Massive Amounts of Data: Xcellis appliances provide a high-performance gateway for StorNext advanced data management software to integrate tiers of massively scalable on-premise and cloud-based storage. This end-to-end capability provides a cost-effective solution to retain massive amounts of data. Integrated Data Protection Functionality: StorNext offers a variety of important features that ensure data-protection of valuable content over its entire life-cycle. Customers can easily copy files to off-site tiers and take advantage of versioning to roll back to an earlier point in time (prior to a malware attack, for example) as well as set up automated replication for disaster recovery purposes – all of which is designed to protect valuable digital assets. Supporting Quotes Billy Russell, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Alliance Integrated Technology Brent Angle, Chief Technology Officer, Cinesys-Oceana Eric Bassier, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Quantum Availability Additional Resources
About Quantum Quantum, the Quantum logo, Xcellis and StorNext are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Quantum Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. "Safe Harbor" Statement: This press release contains "forward-looking" statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Specifically, but without limitation, statements relating to the benefits, performance, features and value to customers of Quantum's latest Xcellis and StorNext offerings, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Quantum on the date hereof. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Quantum's actual results to differ materially from those implied by the forward-looking statement, including unexpected changes in the Company's business. More detailed information about these risk factors, and additional risk factors, are set forth in Quantum's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Risk Factors," in Quantum's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2017, especially those risks listed in this section under the headings "Our results of operations depend on a limited number of products and on new product introductions, which may not be successful, in which case our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected." Quantum expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Public Relations Contact:
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