QMCO) …ON QUANTUM The biggest blockbusters are created… The world’s most recognized brands are built… Exploration and adventure happens… Critical Infrastructure is protected… Our planet is studied… Nations are secured… Machine learning algorithms are developed… Breakthroughs are discovered… The biggest cloud archives are built… Years as a trusted custodian of digital data Years managing video and unstructured file data Active support contracts around the world Exabytes of data preserved 20 30,000 44+ 40
this New Data EXPONENTIALLY BIGGER LIVES EVERYWHERE 50x larger than average database 30-60% annual growth Billions of files MUST BE KEPT INDEFINITELY CONTAINS IMMENSE VALUE
New Requirements Across Industries DATA IS CREATED AND UPLOADED ✓ Edge environments DATA IS CATALOGED, WORKED ON, ANALYZED, DISTRIBUTED ✓ High-speed ingest, processing 1 2 DATA IS PRESERVED AND PROTECTED FOREVER ✓ Massive scale, durable, low cost 3 Editors Analysts Scientists Doctors Researchers
Products to Solving Business Challenges From Hardware to Software and Subscriptions Grow Services Business From On-Prem To Hybrid- and Multi-Cloud +21% Avg Selling Price Increase FY’20 to FY’21 $500K+ Record number of deals in FY’21 More Solution Sales than ever before +7% y-y increase in initial service contract bookings 70 Distributed Cloud Service Customers on April 1st Introduced Subscription Licensing For StorNext 7, ActiveScale, ATFS 10x Increase in subscription bookings FQ3 to FQ1’22 Shipped Software-Defined Cloud-Ready Architecture 3,200 Systems connected to CBA StorNext Now Running in AWS
New Performance Benchmarks for Video Workloads Sets new records for highest number of streams, fastest overall response times, and highest throughput using SPEC-SFS testing. New Software-Defined Architecture Enables StorNext software to run on any hardware platform, and on any cloud infrastructure. Source: https://www.spec.org/sfs2014/results/sfs2014vda.html
Management Platform ActiveScale Object Storage For large scale active archives Tier to Cloud with StorNext FlexTier™ Move content to/from leading cloud providers StorNext policy-based data placement Digital Tape Archive Lowest cost, offline storage Fastest streaming performance to handle the high speed ingest requirements for the large files being generated by cameras, satellites, sensors, and other devices Analytics / Rendering StorNext Client (RDMA, LAN, FC SAN) NFS SMB S3 Enable high speed collaboration across teams, sites, and departments with the most connectivity options in the industry. StorNext™ File System Reduce storage and protection costs, manage data across its lifecycle with automated data management and protection policies.
Market Segments Quantum Integration and Professional Services Scalar Tape Storage StorNext 7 QTM Disk Hyperscale Data Archive at Cloud Service Provider (APAC) Quantum Maintenance Services Third Party Tape StorNext 7 QTM NVMe QTM Disk Unstructured Data Archive at Research Hospital (Northeastern US) Quantum Maintenance Services StorNext QTM Disk Video archive for evidence data and data forensics 15PB, 75 yr retention (US Government) Scalar Tape Storage Quantum Maintenance Services Scalar Tape Storage StorNext 7 QTM NVMe QTM Disk End-to-End Post-Production Workflow (LATAM)
Roadmap Unstructured data growth (video, images, other large files) Edge processing and analytics Hybrid- and Multi-Cloud ✓ Make StorNext easier ✓ Converge StorNext architecture ✓ “Virtualize” StorNext and other services
May StorNext File System Traditional - Tightly coupled hardware and software StorNext VM; File and Data Services Hypervisor QTM Block Software VM New - Software-Defined Architecture
Software on Multiple Platforms Represents a major architectural step toward enabling public- and hybrid-cloud deployments of StorNext. Makes it possible to use StorNext on additional cloud and hardware platforms in the future. StorNext VM; File and Data Services Hypervisor QTM Block Software VM Today: H4000-Series StorNext VM; File and Data Services Hypervisor QTM Block Software VM Future: F2000-Series StorNext VM; File and Data Services AWS Hypervisor AWS EBS Today: StorNext in AWS AWS server Hardware StorNext VM; File and Data Services Other Hypervisors Other Block Storage Future: Additional Cloud and Hardware Platforms Third Party Hardware
Storage Technology for Public Cloud 25+ Exabytes deployed 4 Miles of hardware 3 Of top 10 hyperscalers are customers #1 In this market 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Backup Hyperscale Archive Backup tape market $ Hyperscaler tape market Source: External research for historical data. Forward-looking market estimate is for illustrative purposes only. New market for tape emerged: Tape as deep archive technology for public cloud > 360,000,000 miles tape motion To Mars and halfway back with ZERO hard errors
Cold Storage ▪ Significant growth opportunity to provide cold storage infrastructure to world’s largest hyperscalers. ▪ Quantum is #1 in this market today, with footprint at 3 of the largest hyperscalers. ▪ Webscale businesses and Fortune 2000 will have same need as unstructured data grows. Expanded opportunity for software and services
from WD Aligned with our strategy to lead in Video and Unstructured Data Solutions Robust technology base, strong development team NOVEMBER 2020 Introduced ActiveScale P100E3 Simplified, converged entry platform based on standard server JUNE 2021 Introducing new generation software, platform and channel expansion* Growing business, strong outlook GOING FORWARD A key technology for new innovations in secondary storage Secure, durable, available, smart storage platform for massive data sets, both active and cold Quantum ActiveScale Object Storage Solutions *Embargoed until June 24, 2021
of ActiveScale software, ActiveScale 6.0 – Designed for unlimited scalability, expansion with no re-balancing – Subscription software licensing Announcing new ActiveScale X200 Platform – New simplified and converged architecture – 78% more capacity, 7x performance, 6x object count increase per rack Announcing collaboration with Supermicro to expand reach of ActiveScale software – Supermicro to resell ActiveScale software News is shared under embargo until June 24th
New Storage Architectures NAS is not big enough or fast enough Data must be kept for years, decades, longer Expensive and complex to protect PB-scale data sets Data must remain accessible re-use / analytics, AI/ML IT resources spending time managing storage, not helping businesses transform
6.0 Unlimited Scalability with NO Rebalancing Required – Performance, Capacity, Object Count Unified Node Architecture – Access and Data Layers converged on high-density, high-capacity servers – Basis for new ActiveScale X200 system Subscription Software Licensing – Capacity-based irrespective of underlying hardware platform Shared under embargo until June 24th
replication Inflight & Keyless At Rest Encryption Notification Service Account Quotas Immutable Object Locking Dynamic Data Placement Dynamic Data Repair ActiveScale Object Storage Software Web UI CLI, API Built for Exabyte Scale Single name space, Unified management Seamless upgrades and expansion with NO rebalancing required ActiveScale 6.0 Software Feature-Rich Architecture with built-in durability, security, availability and performance S3 Large/Small Object Optimization Prometheus Monitoring & Alerts Lifecycle Policies Strong/Immediate Consistency Predictive Cloud Monitoring Unified Management Two Layer Architecture Advanced Erasure Encoding Geo 1 Geo 2 Geo 3 Single site, 2- and 3-Geo configurations available. Shared under embargo until June 24th
Algorithm accommodates failed or offline hardware Low Capacity Usage 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% Low I/O Demand High Capacity Usage 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% High I/O Demand Blockstores with higher available capacity are preferred to ensure even data distribution Blockstores with a lower I/O demand are preferred to prevent I/O “hot-spots” Most Preferred Least Preferred Weighted Variables
object stores commonly use distributed file systems (aka RING) Storage location is calculated/fixed Requires Rebalance - The Achilles Heel of Static Placement Affects system performance and system availability Fixed or Static Data Placement ActiveScale Dynamic Data Placement ActiveScale’s proprietary placement logic Software determines most ideal storage location Eliminates the need to rebalance data Delivers consistent availability and performance – at any scale Want to learn more? Watch this 5 min video on DDP.
New simplified & converged architecture More flexibility with unlimited scalability Greater capability per rack – 78% more capacity – 7x performance – 6x object count Investment protection – Scale existing ActiveScale clusters with X200 expansion Shared under embargo until June 24th
ActiveScale S3 Enabled App’s and Workflows ActiveScale Object Storage WAN, LAN, Internet Simple to Manage, Unlimited Scale Always Available Access Performance at Scale with NO Rebalancing Extreme Data Durability and Security Shared under embargo until June 24th
Collaboration Worldwide reseller agreement ActiveScale 6.0 software Published reference architecture Cooperative direct and reseller sales Expansion of Quantum reseller channel Fully engaged collaboration with active opportunities Supermicro to Resell Quantum ActiveScale Software Shared under embargo until June 24th
Unstructured Data CatDV Index, catalog, analyze Unlock value in digital assets StorNext Fastest for streaming data Manage files and folders across NVMe, disk, object, tape, cloud. ActiveScale Simple to Manage, Unlimited Scale Always Available Access Data Durability and Security Scalar Tape Lowest cost, “green” deep archive Ultra-secure air- gapped cyber-attack protection Quantum Services
Completely re-designed StorNext software architecture; virtualized, containerized, easy-to-use and deploy in more places than ever New ActiveScale 6.0 software, and X200 platform, designed for unlimited scale and available now* Collaboration with Supermicro provides new go-to-market for ActiveScale software* If you'd like to feature any of our news in your publication, please reach out directly to our PR agency: Kerry Quintiliani [email protected] *Shared under embargo until June 24th