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  • From Xsan To Stornext Managing Production Needs For Mac
    카테고리 없음 2020. 3. 11. 05:06

    Xsan is a 64-bit cluster file system for Mac OS X that enables organizations to consolidate storage resources and provide multiple computers with concurrent file-level read/write access to shared volumes over Fibre Channel. It is certified with Apple's suite of professional applications, including Final Cut Pro HD, Apple's Emmy award-winning editing software and Motion, a breakthrough new application that redefines professional motion graphics production. For the first time on Mac OS X, up to 64 video professionals can simultaneously access a single storage volume that supports multiple high-bandwidth video streams for efficient workflow in video and film editing, audio editing and effects, and motion graphics creation. Set up, administration and monitoring is built into the Xsan Admin tool that provides volume management, SAN file system configuration and remote monitoring in one integrated, easy-to-use application. User quotas and access controls allow administrators to restrict storage usage and file access for maximum data security. Since Xsan is interoperable with ADIC's StorNext File System, it can be used in heterogeneous environments that include Windows, UNIX and Linux server operating system platforms. Additionally, Xsan is supported by ADIC's industry leading data management software, StorNext Management Suite.

    A beta version of Xsan is available immediately to qualified customers at. Xsan will be available in Fall 2004 through the Apple Store ( ) and through Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $999 (US) per system. Apple has qualified Xsan with Xserve G4, Xserve G5, Power Mac G4, Power Mac G5, Xserve RAID and Apple Fibre Channel PCI cards. Xsan requires Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server v.10.3 software installed and will support Fibre Channel switches from qualified vendors, such as Brocade, QLogic or Emulex. VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced it will showcase the latest capabilities for its award-winning EZ TV IPTV & Digital Signage Platform at ISE 2019 on Stand 14-M200.

    The chosen solution for sports and entertainment venues, enterprise, government, and military agencies in Europe and the U.S., EZ TV's comprehensive feature set enables any organization to centrally manage and stream HD, low-latency, in-house feeds and TV channels, as well as create eye-catching digital signage and video walls for distribution to any displays through a facility.

    What’s New in StorNext 5 release 5.3 Purpose of this Release StorNext 5 release 5.3 delivers an array of innovative new features and important enhancements. Security and cost are persistent barriers that often prevent users from taking advantage of new cloud based services. In this release of StorNext, the addition of compression and encryption, used independently or together, end-users wanting to utilize the integrated implicity and cost-effectiveness Quantum Q-Cloud services can be assured data is protected and efficiently moved off-site. In this release of StorNext, Q-Cloud has been enhanced to allow storage administrators to quickly recover StorNext backup images and help get StorNext solutions back into production.

    In this release of StorNext, newly released clients like Microsoft Windows10 are fully supported, and Apple Spotlight search queries now quickly report on digital assets residing on StorNext file system volumes. To keep pace with the explosive growth and near infinite retention of today’s data, this release of StorNext includes support for the latest generation of Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technologies, IBM LTO-7, which doubles the capacity and performance of prior versions. StorNext 5 release 5.3 also resolves several customer reported issues listed within the section Customer Reported Issues and Enhancements Addressed in StorNext 5 release 5.3 in this document. New Features and Enhancements in StorNext 5 release 5.3 Introducing Q-Cloud Vault StorNext 5 release 5.3 includes a new Q-Cloud offering called Q-Cloud Vault, a storage destination which gives customers a way to store large, unchanging, and rarely-retrieved large data files off site, cost-effectively.

    StorNext Storage Manager has been enhanced to support the use of public cloud services as a storage tier. StorNext 5 release 5.3 extends Quantum Q-Cloud services to include a very low cost “cold storage vault” destination that allows users to copy files to a secure storage tier that is managed by Quantum. Q-Cloud Vault policies are supported on all metadata controller and the new Xcellis workflow director platforms supported by StorNext 5 Storage Manager. There are no upfront fees for using Vault, and no additional software or cloud gateway hardware are required.

    Q-Cloud Vault is very efficient and provides “pay for what you use” storage. One of the potential usage charges involve file retrieval requests sent to the service. The time between a request and first-byte delivery can be hours. IMPORTANT: Retrieve charges are based on the peak retrieval request rate (Terabytes of requests per hour) for the month. You should carefully control how quickly your request files from Q-Cloud VaultTM to avoid the retrieve fee.

    Since Q-Cloud VaultTM is based on Amazon Glacier, it is very helpful to understand how Amazon calculates retrieval charges, explained at: The Q-Cloud VaultTM fee is calculated the same way, with a markup. Pairing Q-Cloud VaultTM with an on-site tape archive is the ideal way to maintain high-speed, free retrievals and secure, low-cost, off-site file protection. For additional information, see section Q-Cloud in the StorNext 5 User’s Guide available on-line at, or contact a Quantum sales representative. Support for Disaster Recovery using Q-Cloud Beginning with StorNext 5 release 5.3, support has been added to recover the snbackup image (from Q-Cloud) by using the Q-Cloud Access Identifier (QCAI) and the Q-Cloud Product Key (QCPK). Quantum provides both “keys” to all Q-Cloud users. With StorNext 5 release 5.3, there is not a need to contact Quantum support in order to recover the snbackup image.

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    Support for Encryption and Compression with Q-Cloud Archive and Q-Cloud Vault Policies It is vital that cloud based storage services use resources efficiently while also providing end-to-end data security. StorNext Storage Manager support for Q-Cloud has been enhanced and now includes the ability to encrypt and compress data being sent to Q-Cloud ArchiveTM or Q-Cloud VaultTM destinations. Note: Client side encryption and compression are configured at the Storage Policy level. If both features are configured, data is compressed before being encrypted and transmitted to Q-Cloud.

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    StorNext 5 release 5.3 delivers LZ4 compression and AES-CBC-256 encryption. For additional information, see sections Storage Policies and Client-side Encryption in the StorNext 5 User’s Guide available on-line at StorNext Storage Manager is Quattro “Ready” StorNext Storage Manager is qualified and ready for Quantum “Quattro” tape libraries. Support for IBM LTO-7 Tape Devices The continued rapid growth of digital data demands StorNext Storage Manager support for ever faster and higher capacity tape technologies. Linear Tape-Open (LTO) is an proven technology for preserving data. StorNext 5 release 5.3 adds support for IBM LTO-7 tape devices, including support for Write Once Read Many (WORM) use, further ensuring data cannot be altered or overwritten. Previously Optional Data Movement Integrity Check Option (checksum) Included Included at no charge (beginning with StorNext 5 release 5.3), this enhancement allows storage administrators to configure policies that ensures data stored to tape or Lattus Object Storage has not changed when retrieved.

    Support for Additional Operating Systems and Platforms Note: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (all kernels/releases) is no longer supported beginning StorNext 5 release 5.3 (or later). StorNext 5 release 5.3 adds support for additional operating system versions of Microsoft Windows, Debian, and Ubuntu. With this release, StorNext gains compatibility with: Operating System Version Microsoft Windows Version 10 Debian Version 7.8 (client only) Version 8.x (client only) Ubuntu 14.04.3 Long-Term Support (LTS) For additional information, refer to the StorNext 5 Compatibility Guide available here: Support for Additional Web Services Growing the StorNext solution ecosystem requires continued improvements to web services. StorNext 5 release 5.3 provides support for asynchronous request and improved progress status information about stores and retrieves. Support for Apple Spotlight Search Apple Mac OS X clients (SAN attached support for Mac OS X version 10.10 and version 10.11, with LAN attached client support for Mac OS X version 10.11) can use the Spotlight search feature to find files residing on (Linux) StorNext metadata controllers. Comprehensive Support for Apple Xsan Configurations StorNext 5 FX clients are qualified to fully support the following versions of Apple Xsan:. Xsan 2.2.

    Xsan 2.3. Xsan 3.0. Xsan 3.1. Xsan 4.1 Improved Lattus Object Storage Deletion Performance StorNext Storage Manager management has been improved to better support very large Lattus Object Storage configurations. Lattus Object Storage delete requests are now multi-threaded and can be streamed to a Lattus system for quicker removal. Alternate Store Location (ASL) StorNext Alternate Store Location is a highly configurable feature that can automatically copy files from a “local” StorNext file system to a “remote” site at the same time the files are created to tiered storage, like tape, at the main site.

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    The Alternate Store Location feature copies new as well as previously created files to the remote location. Multiple “local” sites can copy files to a single “remote” site. Alternate Store Location is enabled per Storage Manager Class Policy per file system. By default,all files copied use secure FTP (SCP) to the remote destination. To configure the Alternate Store Location feature, contact Quantum Technical Support. Metadata Controller Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 StorNext 5 release 5.3 provides up-to-date support for non-appliance based solutions built using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Note: Prior to installing StorNext, the installation process verifies the psmisc package is installed.

    Consult your operating system distribution for information on how to install the psmisc package. Support for all M-Series, Artico and Pro Solution Appliances All M-Series, Artico and Pro Foundation appliances can be upgraded to StorNext 5 release 5.3. Note: StorNext 5 release 5.3 is the final feature release for M330 appliances. Support for M330 appliances is available 30 days after general availability. All StorNext 5 release 5.3 maintenance releases support M330 appliances.

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    Supported Upgrade Paths There are several upgrade paths to a StorNext 5 release 5.3 solution, including:. Configurations built using StorNext 4.7 (or earlier) can purchase the upgrade to StorNext 5 release 5.3.

    Existing customers with an M-Series appliance or Pro Solution with an active support contract can upgrade to StorNext 5 release 5.3 at no charge. Existing customers without an M-Series appliance that have an active support service contract may purchase a license upgrade for StorNext 5 release 5.3. Change to Linux “df” Output Beginning with StorNext 5 release 5.3, the df output for StorNext file systems has changed slightly for the Linux platform.

    Previously, the Filesystem column contained a string that combined a device name with the file system name. For example: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/cvfsctl1snfs1 64G 4.2G 60G 7% /stornext/snfs1 In the current release, the output has been simplified so the Filesystem column only contains the file system name. For example: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on snfs1 64G 4.2G 60G 7% /stornext/snfs1 Any customer-written scripts that rely on the old output format should be updated accordingly.

    Customer Reported Issues and Enhancements Addressed in StorNext 5 release 5.3 The following table lists the customer reported issues and enhancements addressed in StorNext 5 release 5.3.

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