Products & innovations
Quantum’s new
StorNext 6 delivers
combination of
high performance
and advanced data
management
Quantum has announced StorNext
6, a major new release of its
StorNext file system. StorNext
6 adds new advanced data
management features to the
streaming performance of the
company’s scale-out tiered storage
solutions portfolio, which includes
flash, disk, tape and public and
private cloud storage offerings.
With this combination of
performance and management,
Quantum continues to extend the
power of StorNext in not only media
and entertainment but also other
data intensive environments such
as genomics, academic research,
video surveillance, oil and gas, and
government security.
StorNext 6 addresses the needs
of enterprises grappling with using
their existing NAS solutions to store
large, rapidly growing data sets
and drive business value from that
data. These enterprises are quickly
realising that traditional NAS is too
difficult to upgrade, cannot deliver
sufficient performance and is unable
to handle parallel workloads.
StorNext 6 not only overcomes
these limitations but also provides
more efficient and cost effective
ways to share and access files
across geographically distributed
teams, to manage and protect
archived data, and to audit changes
to data throughout its lifecycle.
Quantum delivers all these benefits
in an integrated, multi-tier storage
solution that maintains optimised
performance levels, visibility and
access at every tier.
For further information visit:
www.quantum.com
42 | June 2017
CommScope’s New High Speed Migration
Platform Prepares for Decades of
Increased Bandwidth
The next few years are expected to see an unprecedented growth in bandwidth and
networks need to be prepared to meet this demand. In anticipation, CommScope
is introducing its high speed migration platform that assists data centre managers
with building faster, more agile, high density migration plans.
The high speed migration portfolio works for duplex and parallel applications and
allows customers to decide on the best approach to architecture. It also supports
higher speeds and emerging applications without having to rip and replace.
The following innovative solutions are part of the first phase of CommScope’s
platform and support current and future high speed applications: MPO
connectivity options; fibre optic panels and Ultra-Low Loss (ULL) performance.
Additionally, LazrSpeed WideBand OM5, which enhances the ability of short-
wavelength division multiplexing to provide a four-fold increases in usable
bandwidth, while maintaining backward compatibility with legacy multimode fibre.
Finally, imVision, an automated infrastructure management system (AIM) that
gives oversight and control to Systimax physical network connectivity solutions.
The platform also allows CommScope to act as a trusted partner with its highly
trained team of network architects who understand a customer’s business needs
and provides insight to future data centre ecosystems and technology trends.
For further information visit: www.commscope.com
Rittal’s DX Enclosure Based Cooling
Solutions Support Growing IT Needs
The Rittal LCU DX and LCP DX solutions deliver
enclosure based cooling via direct expansion units. The
units are easy to install simply by mounting them on the
side panels inside IT racks.
Direct expansion (DX) solutions for cooling IT
equipment are the quickest and easiest solutions to
implement and require less capital expenditure than
water based ones. DX solutions employ conventional
refrigerant based cooling with a split system and a
compressor. Cooling is via a closed-loop refrigeration
cycle, featuring an evaporator, a compressor, a
condenser and an expansion valve.
Rittal’s LCU DX (Liquid Cooling Unit) offers enclosure
based cooling with DX units mounted inside 800 wide
IT racks. They are available with up to 6.5kW output in both single and dual redundancy
variants. The LCU system features horizontal air circulation, supporting the conventional
method of front-to-back air flow to the 19-inch racks. Cold air is blown directly in front of
the components.
The Rittal LCP DX (Liquid Cooling Package) is suitable for 12kW power dissipation
and can be mounted on the side of an IT enclosure, enabling a single device to cool two
enclosures. One version of LCP DX blows cool air out to the front and can be employed to
create solutions with a cold aisle that cools multiple IT racks.
For further information visit: www.rittal.co.uk