SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp.
(NYSE: QTM) today announced a new ruggedized, in-vehicle storage
solution designed specifically for mobile and remote capture of
video and other IoT sensor data. Quantum Mobile Storage products
are available in different capacity and performance models and are
designed for mobile environment such as autonomous vehicle
development, where each vehicle produces several terabytes of
video, image and sensor data every day. It simplifies data ingest
by including unique features that automate the process of
offloading data to a StorNext shared storage environment. The
new offering, combined with Quantum's StorNext high performance
parallel file system, enables a complete workflow for autonomous
vehicle development. Quantum Mobile Storage also has applications
for other mobile storage environments such as rolling stock video
on trains and buses, as well as military uses.
Built to Withstand the Rigors of Mobile
Testing
In-vehicle storage units for autonomous vehicle
development must meet unique requirements. They must be designed to
suit dynamic environmental conditions with limited physical space
and electrical power and mobility. They also require sufficient
performance and capacity to retain data streams from more than a
dozen cameras and sensors operating simultaneously within the
constraints of a moving autonomous test vehicle. Quantum Mobile
Storage is designed specifically for this challenging environment,
with many unique features:
- Small Form Factor Chassis Design: Minimizes storage
space, enabling more room for ECUs, compute or other hardware
components.
- Magazine Carrier: Optional ruggedized case provides
protection and security for drive magazines during storage and
transport. Quantum Mobile Storage incorporates a unique removable
magazine design that enables the fastest transport of data from the
vehicle to the garage or datacenter. The removable magazine also
allows for long duration test drives where full magazines can be
swapped with empty ones so the test drive can continue collecting
data without visiting the garage.
- Designed for Automotive Use: Ruggedized unit operates in
a broad range of environmental conditions necessary for proper
vehicle testing; 12VDC power ensures easy integration, efficient
power use and reliable operation.
- RAID Support: Ensures high performance and reliability,
including RAID 5 or RAID 6 for added protection.
- Automated Ingest: Quantum leverages StorNext®
FlexSync™ to simplify the data ingest process.
Offloading Data from Quantum Mobile Storage to
StorNext
Autonomous vehicle testing generates and captures
massive amounts of data each day which must be analysed in
exceptionally short timeframes, and then preserved for long-term
reference. Quantum Mobile Storage offers a uniquely comprehensive
infrastructure for capturing, storing, managing, protecting and
accessing petabytes to exabytes of test and development data.
Quantum Mobile Storage integrates with Quantum's StorNext based
scale-out storage portfolio, which is uniquely suited to address
the challenges of sharing, protecting, preserving and analysing
massive volumes of rich media. Because StorNext environments
offer shared data access in a unified global namespace across
multiple tiers of workflow-optimized storage, autonomous vehicle
developers can substantially gain efficiency, shortening their test
and development cycles. With its industry-leading automated
StorNext ingest capability, Quantum Mobile Storage can greatly
improve overall productivity by enhancing efficiency at the
beginning of the workflow.
Flexible Design Suited to a Variety of
Applications
Quantum Mobile Storage is designed to be
adapted for use in a wide range of applications beyond vehicle
testing, such as mobile security and compliance platforms, video
surveillance, public transportation, shipping, law enforcement,
on-set video recording and production. The Quantum storage solution
provides flexibility to align storage capacity, performance and
cost with data capture requirements by choosing SSDs or HDDs in
2.5" or 3.5" form factors.
Availability
Quantum Mobile Storage will be generally
available in early 2019, and is available to quote today.
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Supporting Quotes
Bobby Hambrick, founder and
CEO, AutonomouStuff
"With the dynamic environmental
conditions, limited space and power available in a moving vehicle,
data storage has been a persistent hurdle for autonomous vehicle
research. Quantum Mobile Storage addresses this storage challenge.
This is vital to our mission to bring safe and reliable AVs to the
world's roadways."
Mark Pastor, Data Archive
Product Director, Quantum
"Autonomous driving has the
potential to change society in profound ways, and its development
depends on an enormous volume of rich media. Quantum Mobile Storage
products fill an important gap by providing an efficient method for
getting this data from the vehicle to the analysis and development
environment. This solution has been engineered to operate
under the rigors of mobile environments, and therefore opens the
door to a variety of other emerging applications."
Additional Resources
- Read Quantum's automotive testing datasheet:
https://iq.quantum.com/exLink.asp?58492728OG18C12I152855166&DS00519A&view=1
- Learn more about StorNext:
https://www.quantum.com/en/produits/all-new-stornext/
About Quantum
Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out tiered storage, archive
and data protection, providing solutions for capturing, sharing,
managing and preserving digital assets over the entire data
lifecycle. From small businesses to major enterprises, more than
100,000 customers have trusted Quantum to address their most
demanding data workflow challenges. Quantum's end-to-end, tiered
storage foundation enables customers to maximize the value of their
data by making it accessible whenever and wherever needed,
retaining it indefinitely and reducing total cost and complexity.
See how at www.quantum.com/customerstories.
Quantum, the Quantum logo, StorNext and FlexSync are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Quantum Corporation and its
affiliates in the United States
and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
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"forward-looking" statements. All statements other than statements
of historical fact are statements that could be deemed
forward-looking statements. Quantum advises caution in reliance on
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include,
without limitation, that autonomous driving has the potential to
change society in profound ways and the the features, benefits,
timing of release and value to customers from the Quantum Mobile
Storage offering. All forward-looking statements are based on
information available to Quantum on the date hereof. These
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including unexpected changes in the Company's business. More
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entitled "Risk Factors," in Quantum's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 9, 2017, especially those risks
listed in this section under the headings "Our results of
operations depend on a limited number of products and on new
product introductions, which may not be successful, in which case
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whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
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Public Relations Contact:
Bob Wientzen
Quantum
Corp.
+1 (720)
201-8125
bob.wientzen@quantum.com
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