XenData
The IT Press Tour
5 December 2023
S3
Active Archives
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Agenda
❑ XenData History
❑ Focus on M&E
❑ LTO Archives
❑ Disk Archives
❑ Cloud Gateway
❑ New XenData Archive Browser
❑ Discussion
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History
Conceived 11 September 2001!
Phil Storey
CEO
Mark Broadbent
CTO
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History
Product Concept
Software to manage a data tape
library and disk, creating a scalable
archive with an easy-to-use file
system interface.
We wanted to make writing to the
archive, just like writing to disk.
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History
Business Concept
Self-funded without need for external
investment – if possible.
And it was possible!
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M&E Focus
After our first TV station installation
in 2005, we realized that there was a
great fit and decided to steer the
company in this direction.
This decision impacted:
❖ XenData products
❖ XenData marketing
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M&E Focus
90% for media
applications
Over 1500 installations worldwide
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M&E Focus
Media Customer Profiles
❖ Broadcasters
❖ Studios
❖ Video Production Companies
❖ Post-Production
❖ Corporate Marketing Departments
❖ Pro Sports Teams
❖ Churches
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M&E Focus
How it changed the company:
❖ Product functionality
▪ PFR, empty folder archives, etc.
▪ ISV integrations
❖ Marketing
▪ Tradeshows and events
▪ ISV integrations
▪ Sales
▪ M&E resellers
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Marquis
Project
Parking
FastTrack
er
MAM
N
Navigator
X
petabytes
M&E Focus:
ISVs
… and many more
XenData
LTO Archives
Core Functionality
❑ Standard file system
interface
❑ Standard Network
Protocols
❑ Standard LTO formats
including LTFS
❑ Standard Windows
security
Standards
XenData
LTO Archives
Core Functionality
Easy Migration to New
Archival Storage
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LTO Archive
Enhancement:
Cluster
Configuration
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LTO Archive
Enhancement:
Add Public Cloud
Storage Locations
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LTO Archive
Enhancement:
Private Cloud
Access to LTO
Archive
S3
On-Prem access via
SMB, NFS, FTP
Remote access via
HTTPS
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Enhancement:
Sync Multiple
Archives
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LTO Archive
Enhancement:
LTO Delivery
Easily create LTO cartridges for
export, by-passing the cache and
file system.
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Disk-Based Object
Storage Archive
Appliance
280 TB to 1.12 PB
Start with one
280 TB node
and add more
as needed, to a
maximum of 4
nodes.
Each node adds
280 TB of
usable capacity.
E-Series
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Access as
object storage
and
file system
Simultaneous access as:
❑ S3 Object Storage via HTTP & HTTPS
❑ Windows File System via SMB, NFS, FTP
E-Series
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Media-Focused
Storage
Excellent connectivity to wide range of media
applications:
And in 2024 by XenData Media Browser
E-Series
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Public Cloud
Archives
XenData
Cloud File Gateway
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Public Cloud
Archives
XenData
Cloud File Gateway
Multi-Cloud
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Public Cloud
Archives
XenData
Cloud File Gateway
Supports Cloud Tiering
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Public Cloud
Archives
XenData
Cloud File Gateway
Application Gateway
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Public Cloud
Archives
XenData
Cloud File Gateway
Syncs Remote Uploads
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Coming soon XenData Media Browser
https://browser.cambridge.xendata.com/
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Discussion
Topics ❑ On-Prem or Cloud?
❑ File, Object or MAM UI?
❑ Anything else?