Quantum - IT Press Tour #40 Sep./Oct. 2021

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1. Redefining Long Term Data Archiving 2021 IT Press Tour 07 October 2021
2. | 2 © 2021 Quantum Corporation • Business Update and Highlights (Eric Bassier) • ActiveScale Cold Storage and Quantum Object Storage Services (Eric B, Tim Sherbak, Steve Howe) • Technology Deep Dive (Frederik De Schrijver, Thomas Demoor) • Enriching data in web scale content archives (Skip Levens) • Q&A Agenda
3. | 3 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Today’s Speakers Eric Bassier Senior Director Product Marketing Tim Sherbak Senior Product Marketing Manager Steve Howe Services Product Line Manager Frederik De Schrijver ActiveScale Product Lead Thomas Demoor ActiveScale Technical Director Skip Levens Solution Marketing, Media and Entertainment
4. | 4 © 2021 Quantum Corporation • Hyperscale market gains • CatDV Software Record Quarter • Completed debt refinancing • Key Executive hires for CRO, GM for Strategic Markets and new board member Highlights Since June 9th IT Press Tour • Strategic acquisitions in Video Surveillance • ActiveScale 6.0 • SuperMicro partnership • Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving (AD) systems reference architectures Awards Business Technology Quantum is a Visionary in the Distributed File and Object Storage Magic Quadrant “Quantum's acquisition of the surveillance business and products from Pivot3 adds significantly to the vendor's leadership position in the unstructured storage markets” 1 Quantum is the #1 brand for Secondary Storage 2 Note 1: IDC document US48145921, August 2021, “Quantum Purchases Pivot3 Assets, Fortifying Its Leadership Position in Video Surveillance “ Note 2: Coldago report, April 2021, End-User Survey
5. | 5 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Redefining Long-Term Data Archiving With ActiveScale Cold Storage And Quantum Object Storage Services
6. | 6 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Quantum is the Leader in Hyperscale Cold Storage Archives 3 of the Top 5 Hyperscalers use Quantum in production Initial tape footprint deployed at other two 30+ Exabytes deployed globally Three Exa-scale design wins this quarter at international webscalers, which include StorNext 7 software and tape
7. | 7 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Data Growth Outpacing Storage Budgets, Most Data is “Cold” 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Storage Installed Base (Exabytes) Gap 10% Hot 30% Warm 60% Cold Storage capacity growing 30%+ annually, IT infrastructure spend growing 10-15%* 60%* of all data is “cold”: Inactive data that is accessed infrequently *Source: IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Quantum, “Data Deluge: Why Every Enterprise Needs a Cold Storage Strategy”, Doc. #US48119821, August 2021.
8. | 8 © 2021 Quantum Corporation The Need for a New Class of Storage Explosive data growth, mostly unstructured Data contains immense value and potential for future enrichment Must be protected and remain accessible – for years, decades, longer Public cloud is expensive, data owners reluctant to give up control Existing file- and object-storage systems too expensive
9. | 9 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Introducing ActiveScale Cold Storage • S3 Glacier Class storage in the data center of your choice • Retrieve objects from cold storage in minutes • No data access fees • 30%+ savings relative to public cloud cold storage services • Up to 80% savings relative to disk-based solutions • 100x to 1Mx better data durability than multi-copy approaches • Up to 40% better storage efficiency: Overhead as low as 15% is possible
10. | 10 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Offered as a Fully Managed Service with all-inclusive pricing and no data access fees Easy Data Access with S3 APIs and lifecycle policies Reduce Cold Storage Costs by 80% using Quantum RAIL tape architecture S3 Glacier Class Storage for the datacenter Unlimited Scalability of both Active and Cold Storage Up to 19 9’s Data Durability usingpatent-pending 2D erasure coding ActiveScale Object Storage WAN, LAN, Internet S3-Enabled Apps and Workflows Cold Storage Class Access data in minutes Active Storage Class Access data instantly Introducing ActiveScale Cold Storage A new class of storage that provides secure, highly durable, and extremely low-cost storage for archiving of cold data
11. | 11 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Brings Hyperscale Cold Storage Architecture to the Enterprise Redundant Array of Independent Libraries (“RAIL”) Quantum ActiveScale Two-Dimensional Erasure Coding (2D EC) Software Combines patent-pending two- dimensional erasure coding (2D EC) software and Quantum hyperscale RAIL tape architecture to form the industry’s most advanced cold storage archive, with new levels of performance, durability and storage efficiency. *Relative to multi-copy or replication ✓ 100x to 1Mx better data durability* ✓ Up to 40% less storage required* ✓ Lose up to three tapes without losing data, with storage overhead as low as 15% Quantum 2D EC encodes data within and across tapes, tape drives, tape libraries, and geo- dispersed data centers, simultaneously maximizing data access performance, data durability, and storage efficiency.
12. | 12 © 2021 Quantum Corporation ActiveScale Cold Storage Reduces Cold Data Storage Costs by 80% $- $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $10,000,000 $12,000,000 $14,000,000 $16,000,000 $18,000,000 $20,000,000 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Disk-Based Object Storage Services Wasabi AWS Glacier ActiveScale Cold Storage Compares TCO of storing 10 PB of cold data over 10 years, assuming 5% of data is accessed per month 80% savings relative to disk-based alternatives 34% savings relative to AWS Glacier
13. | 13 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Business Outcomes Address massive data growth and reduce cold storage spend by 80% Preserve and protect your data for decades, while maintaining control and security Unlock value in massive cold data sets without expensive access fees
14. Introducing Quantum Object Storage Services
15. | 15 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Introducing New Line of Fully Managed Object Storage Services Bringing the cloud experience to wherever data lives Object Storage Services For Active Data For Cold Data Data Retrieval Time Milliseconds Minutes How is data accessed S3 Standard Class S3 Glacier Class Durability 15 9’s 15 9’s List Price $0.015 per GB per month No data access fees $0.003 per GB per month No data access fees Minimum commitments: Active Data: 1 Petabyte capacity, three-year term Cold Data: 4 Petabytes Capacity, three-year term
16. | 16 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Purchasing and Using Object Storage Services Plan Quantum works with customer to identify use cases that will benefit from a storage- as-a-service offering Subscribe Select storage classes (Active & Cold) with durability and capacity commitment Deploy Quantum Delivers Design & Architecture, Install & Configuration, Onboarding, Full Solution management
17. | 17 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Services Delivered with Quantum Expertise and Technology MyQuantumService Delivery Platform Summarizes account activity and system statistics, portal for requesting additional capacity and more Quantum Cloud-Based Analytics (CBA) AIOps software that captures telemetry data, monitors systems, uses predictive analytics for system maintenance
18. | 18 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Benefits of Quantum Object Storage Services Fully Managed by Quantum from Deployment through the full data lifecycle All the advantages of a private cloud while minimizing business risk Reduce the burden on IT architecture, planning, and procurement resources, freeing them up for other tasks Enables organization to adopt a cloud operating model with cloud consumption/cloud economics Simplifies long-term retention planning for customers with simple capacity upgrades
19. Technology Deep Dive
20. | 20 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Historical Tape Storage Backup Archive Filesystem HSM Data mover S C S I Data retention driven by cost High storage overhead (e.g. 2-copy) Smaller data volumes (terabytes) Application interacts directly with tape SCSI protocol Deep integration 1 App = 1 Storage System Occasional data loss deemed inevitable Single-digit 9’s of durability Off-site copies Limited Failure Detection
21. | 21 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Cloud & On-prem Object Storage Data retention driven by value not cost Retain data for future analysis Exponential data volume growth Application uses network S3 API Multiple Apps Share 1 Storage System Storage system takes care of durability, availability, … Legacy Apps also shifted to this S3 API Erasure Coding RAID replacement technology Low storage overhead High data durability (11-19 9’s) Unprecedented Scale Cost Ease-of-use Maintainability Storage classes Differentiate storage requirements S3-Enabled Apps and Workflows S 3 Cloud or On-Prem
22. | 22 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Erasure Coding: Both More Efficient and More Durable! • 2-copy • 3+2 Erasure Code A B A+B+C C 3A+B+2C 66% storage overhead Survive loss of 1 device Survive loss of 2 devices 100% storage overhead Parity Data
23. | 23 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Tape S3 Gateways: Limitations S 3 Only offer Cold Tier “Private Tape Cloud” Require 2nd vendor in front to offer Standard Tier Some try to hide tape (no Glacier API) Require small cache as a buffer Unclear usage, durability, … Still only single-digit durability Basic EC(3+1): low durability & high overhead Some even still do 2-copy Unclear failure detection Tape (drive) misuse Small writes requiring parallel IO to multiple drives Restore requires parallel IO from multiple drives S3-Enabled Apps and Workflows Cache
24. | 24 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Erasure Coding With Object Aggregation • Erasure encode individual object • Erasure encode group of objects A B 2A-B+C C A+B+2 C Read object from a single tape
25. | 25 © 2021 Quantum Corporation ActiveScale Cold Storage Combines Object Storage and Tape Expertise S 3 Single integrated system Standard and Glacier Tiers Codesigned by object storage and tape experts Single Vendor & Pane of Glass Patent-pending 2D Erasure Coding Restore object from a single tape Recovery from multiple tape failures As low as 15% overhead (wide EC) Soft tape errors can be recovered from the same tape Object Storage levels of Durability Up to 19 9’s of durability Periodic Tape Checking Optimal Drive Performance & Durability Only terabyte-sized writes Restore queue No striping / parallel drive speed matching / … Enables “active cold tier” S3-Enabled Apps and Workflows 1 D 2 D
26. | 26 © 2021 Quantum Corporation HyperScaler Architecture: Availability & Durability 2 D RAIL Redundant Array of Independent Libraries Read/recover data after full library failure Tape robot failure Full library failure Power outage All drives down (Optional) Geo/DC failure Similar to AWS Availability Zones Read & Repair post Geo disaster
27. | 27 © 2021 Quantum Corporation ActiveScale Cold Storage RAIL Architecture – Scaling Robot Ethernet1 Switch2 DRIVE 2 Switch1 Switch2 DRIVE 1 Robot DRIVE 2 DRIVE 1 Robot DRIVE 2 DRIVE 1 Robot DRIVE 2 DRIVE 1 DRIVE 3 DRIVE 4 DRIVE 3 DRIVE 4 DRIVE 3 DRIVE 4 DRIVE 3 DRIVE 4 FibreChannel
28. | 28 © 2021 Quantum Corporation ActiveScale Cold Storage (ASCS) Overview • Cold Storage tier inside ActiveScale Object Storage • Backed by Quantum Scalar tape libraries • S3 Glacier Storage Class & API • Optimized tape access: staging area instead of direct tape IO • ActiveScale controls tape IO: maximize throughput & minimize wear-and-tear • We take care of the hassle of using tapes • Safely preserve and access data for decades • 2D erasure code protects data across multiple tapes (up to 19 9’s of durability) • (Optional) Erasure code across multiple tape libraries (RAIL) and even Geo’s • Extremely low-cost storage at scale • Tape-optimized 2D erasure code @ as low as 15% overhead • Low Tape TCO – Lower hardware, software & power cost ActiveScale Software S3 Standard Disk S3 Glacier Tape S3 API
29. Enriching Data in Web Scale Content Archives
30. | 30 © 2021 Quantum Corporation The Quantum CatDV Asset Management and Workflow Orchestration Platform • Organization • Let creatives work visually and within their part of the workflow • See all content from current projects through deep archives in a single interface • Collaboration • Lets teams work collaboratively with tagging, versioning, approval files • Team-wide continuous enrichment of content • Automation • Unattended recall of content from deep archive, transparent to the user • Automatic workflow steps to avoid redundancy and repetitive tasks
31. | 31 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Making Large-Scale Object Storage Searchable with Quantum CatDV • Object storage helps preserve large pools of content at scale • Searching across content pools requires a content discovery and indexing step • Quantum CatDV and ActiveScale are parts of a complete solution available from Quantum Object Metadata UUID Unique identifier Content Length Object size in bytes Last Modified Object creation data or last modified data Content Hash Base64-encoded 128-bit MD5 digest File Metadata Filename vivid-colorful-skin- chameleon – ProRes 422 Width 4096 Height 2160 Bit Depth 10 Created With Adobe Premiere Pro Video Frame Rate 29.97 Video Field Order Progressive
32. | 32 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Making Large-Scale Object Storage Searchable with Quantum CatDV • Object storage helps preserve large pools of content at scale • Searching across content pools requires a content discovery and indexing step, yet leaves the content on object storage • Content can be continuously enriched with a cloud delivered toolsets directly within CatDV • Quantum CatDV and ActiveScale are parts of a complete solution available from Quantum
33. © 2021 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties, does not necessarily represent the company’s outlook and is for planning purposes only.
34. | 34 © 2021 Quantum Corporation Aggregated container of objects staged in Active Storage free space… Multiple independent streams written across multiple tapes, tape drives, tape libraries, data centers… …written as a single erasure coded stream to tape. …with cross-tape parity written to one or more tapes, tape drives, tape libraries, data centers. Patent-Pending Two-Dimensional Erasure Coding (2D EC) Industry-Leading Durability, Performance, Availability, and Storage Efficiency 2 D