Quantum Announces Scalability Enhancements to its Myriad All-flash File System
Quantum (NASDAQ: QMCO) has announced significant scalability enhancements to its Quantum Myriad all-flash file system. The system now offers incremental, in-place scaling with dynamic data leveling, allowing customers to start with as few as five partially populated NVMe Storage Server nodes and expand incrementally without service interruption.
Key features include support for up to 10 NVMe Storage Server Nodes, 400 GbE RDMA infrastructure, and new drive options including 61.44 TB and 122.88 TB Solidigm D5-P5336 QLC drives. The system can achieve storage capacities of up to 6 PB in five rack space units and 12 PB in 10U, with potential effective storage capacity of up to 240 PB with 10 nodes through data compression.
The enhanced system provides up to 80% usable capacity with n+2 data protection and is expected to grow to 20 nodes in future releases. These new features are anticipated to be available in the second half of 2025.
Quantum (NASDAQ: QMCO) ha annunciato miglioramenti significativi nella scalabilità del sistema di file all-flash Quantum Myriad. Il sistema ora offre scalabilità incrementale in loco con livellamento dinamico dei dati, consentendo ai clienti di iniziare con un minimo di cinque nodi NVMe Storage Server parzialmente popolati e di espandere progressivamente senza interruzioni del servizio.
Tra le caratteristiche principali ci sono il supporto per un massimo di 10 nodi NVMe Storage Server, infrastruttura RDMA da 400 GbE e nuove opzioni di drive tra cui i drive Solidigm D5-P5336 QLC da 61,44 TB e 122,88 TB. Il sistema può raggiungere capacità di archiviazione fino a 6 PB in cinque unità rack e 12 PB in 10U, con una potenziale capacità di archiviazione effettiva di fino a 240 PB con 10 nodi attraverso la compressione dei dati.
Il sistema potenziato offre fino all'80% di capacità utilizzabile con protezione dei dati n+2 ed è previsto che cresca fino a 20 nodi in versioni future. Queste nuove funzionalità dovrebbero essere disponibili nella seconda metà del 2025.
Quantum (NASDAQ: QMCO) ha anunciado mejoras significativas en la escalabilidad del sistema de archivos todo flash Quantum Myriad. El sistema ahora ofrece escalabilidad incremental en su lugar con nivelación de datos dinámica, permitiendo a los clientes comenzar con tan solo cinco nodos NVMe Storage Server parcialmente poblados y expandirse de forma incremental sin interrupción del servicio.
Las características clave incluyen soporte para hasta 10 nodos NVMe Storage Server, infraestructura RDMA de 400 GbE y nuevas opciones de unidades que incluyen unidades Solidigm D5-P5336 QLC de 61.44 TB y 122.88 TB. El sistema puede lograr capacidades de almacenamiento de hasta 6 PB en cinco unidades de rack y 12 PB en 10U, con una capacidad de almacenamiento efectiva potencial de hasta 240 PB con 10 nodos mediante compresión de datos.
El sistema mejorado proporciona hasta un 80% de capacidad utilizable con protección de datos n+2 y se espera que crezca a 20 nodos en futuras versiones. Se anticipa que estas nuevas características estarán disponibles en la segunda mitad de 2025.
Quantum (NASDAQ: QMCO)는 Quantum Myriad 올플래시 파일 시스템의 확장성 향상을 발표했습니다. 이 시스템은 이제 동적 데이터 레벨링을 통해 현장에서 점진적인 확장을 제공하며, 고객은 최소 5개의 부분적으로 구성된 NVMe 스토리지 서버 노드로 시작하고 서비스 중단 없이 점진적으로 확장할 수 있습니다.
핵심 기능으로는 최대 10개의 NVMe 스토리지 서버 노드, 400GbE RDMA 인프라, 61.44TB 및 122.88TB Solidigm D5-P5336 QLC 드라이브와 같은 새로운 드라이브 옵션을 지원합니다. 이 시스템은 5U에서 최대 6PB, 10U에서 최대 12PB의 저장 용량을 달성할 수 있으며, 데이터 압축을 통해 10개 노드로 최대 240PB의 잠재적인 효과적인 저장 용량을 제공합니다.
강화된 시스템은 n+2 데이터 보호와 함께 최대 80%의 사용 가능한 용량을 제공하며, 향후 버전에서는 20개 노드로 성장할 것으로 예상됩니다. 이러한 새로운 기능은 2025년 하반기 중에 제공될 것으로 예상됩니다.
Quantum (NASDAQ: QMCO) a annoncé des améliorations significatives de la scalabilité de son système de fichiers tout-flash Quantum Myriad. Le système offre désormais une mise à l'échelle incrémentielle sur place avec un nivellement dynamique des données, permettant aux clients de commencer avec aussi peu que cinq nœuds de serveurs de stockage NVMe partiellement peuplés et de s'étendre progressivement sans interruption de service.
Les caractéristiques clés comprennent le support pour jusqu'à 10 nœuds de serveurs de stockage NVMe, une infrastructure RDMA de 400 GbE et de nouvelles options de disque, y compris des disques Solidigm D5-P5336 QLC de 61,44 To et 122,88 To. Le système peut atteindre des capacités de stockage allant jusqu'à 6 Po dans cinq unités de rack et 12 Po dans 10U, avec une capacité de stockage effective potentielle allant jusqu'à 240 Po avec 10 nœuds grâce à la compression des données.
Le système amélioré fournit jusqu'à 80 % de capacité utilisable avec protection des données n+2 et devrait croître jusqu'à 20 nœuds dans de futures versions. Ces nouvelles fonctionnalités devraient être disponibles dans la seconde moitié de 2025.
Quantum (NASDAQ: QMCO) hat bedeutende Skalierbarkeitserweiterungen für das Quantum Myriad All-Flash-Dateisystem angekündigt. Das System bietet jetzt inkrementelle, vor Ort durchführbare Skalierung mit dynamischer Datenverteilung, sodass Kunden mit nur fünf teilweise bestückten NVMe Storage Server-Knoten beginnen und ohne Unterbrechung des Dienstes schrittweise erweitern können.
Zu den wichtigsten Funktionen gehören die Unterstützung von bis zu 10 NVMe Storage Server-Knoten, eine 400 GbE RDMA-Infrastruktur und neue Laufwerkoptionen, darunter 61,44 TB und 122,88 TB Solidigm D5-P5336 QLC-Laufwerke. Das System kann Speicherkapazitäten von bis zu 6 PB in fünf Rack-Einheiten und 12 PB in 10U erreichen, mit einer potenziellen effektiven Speicherkapazität von bis zu 240 PB mit 10 Knoten durch Datenkompression.
Das verbesserte System bietet bis zu 80 % nutzbare Kapazität mit n+2 Datenschutz und wird voraussichtlich in zukünftigen Versionen auf 20 Knoten wachsen. Diese neuen Funktionen sollen in der zweiten Hälfte des Jahres 2025 verfügbar sein.
- Introduces scalable storage expansion without service interruption
- Supports high-density drives enabling up to 240 PB storage with 10 nodes
- Offers up to 80% usable capacity with n+2 data protection
- Features automatic data leveling and compression rates up to 20x
- New features won't be available until second half of 2025
Insights
This technological leap in storage architecture represents a pivotal advancement for enterprises grappling with AI workload demands and data center efficiency. The ability to scale from just five nodes with no operational disruption fundamentally changes the economics of enterprise storage deployment. Traditional systems often require complete infrastructure overhauls for expansion, leading to significant downtime and costs.
Three key innovations stand out for their market impact:
- Flexible Scaling Architecture: The incremental scaling capability, starting with partially populated nodes, allows organizations to optimize capital expenditure by matching storage investment with actual needs. This 'pay-as-you-grow' model significantly reduces initial investment barriers.
- Density Optimization: Support for 122.88 TB QLC drives enables unprecedented storage density of
6 PB in just 5U of rack space. With up to20x data reduction, reaching 480 PB effective capacity, this translates to substantial savings in data center real estate and operating costs. - Performance Architecture: The 400 GbE RDMA support, combined with dynamic data leveling, ensures consistent performance as the system scales. This is important for AI/ML workloads where data access patterns can be highly unpredictable.
The integration with ActiveScale for object storage creates a comprehensive data lake solution, addressing the full data lifecycle from high-performance processing to cost-effective archival. This positions Quantum competitively against traditional NAS vendors who typically require separate solutions for different storage tiers.
For enterprises investing in AI infrastructure, these enhancements address critical pain points around storage scalability, density and performance. The ability to maintain
New capabilities include incremental in-place scaling, dynamic data leveling, and ultra high-density drives for unmatched simple scalability
The new scalability features enable customers to start with as few as five partially populated NVMe Storage Server nodes, then expand in increments of one or more nodes at a time with the additional storage available in minutes, with no need for admin intervention, and no impact or interruption to user operation. Customers will be able to continue adding nodes as their needs grow, increasing capacity while maintaining linear performance with automatic data leveling across all nodes as new Storage Server nodes are added.
This approach provides more immediately usable storage per node, eliminates the need for disruptive forklift upgrades, and empowers organizations to expand their storage on the fly—ensuring continuous operation and seamless scalability to meet growing demands. Even when starting with only 5–10 nodes, customers can expect to get up to
“At Entanglement, we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, by fusing next-gen computing, quantum computing-inspired algorithms and AI/ML, tackling problems once deemed unsolvable,” said Jason Turner, Chairman & CEO, Entanglement, Inc. “Myriad’s unique architecture provides the scalability and performance we need to support our relentless pursuit of innovation and speed. The ability to expand storage to optimize our pipeline without downtime or disruption ensures that we can accelerate the development of our next-generation AI and deep learning capabilities.”
“Myriad’s innovative architecture has been designed from the ground up to deliver unmatched performance, scalability, and flexibility,” said Ben Jarvis, Technical Director, Quantum. “With the ability to add bare-metal storage nodes one at a time and have them online in just minutes with support for dynamic n+m data protection and data leveling, Myriad stands apart from traditional NAS systems. These capabilities give customers the best of all worlds: high immediate usable capacity and the freedom to seamlessly expand their storage as requirements evolve, maintaining high performance and reliability for mission-critical data sharing—whether via SMB, NFS or using our direct client for GPU workflows—while supporting cutting-edge AI/ML pipelines and data-intensive HPC workloads.”
With this announcement, Myriad supports leading technologies and capabilities that give customers the most choice as they scale and evolve their critical storage infrastructure. This includes support for 400 GbE RDMA infrastructure, support for up to 10 NVMe Storage Server Nodes, and additional new drive options including 61.44 TB and 122.88 TB Solidigm™ D5-P5336 QLC drives.
“Quantum’s Myriad file system exemplifies the ability to seamlessly adopt critical storage technologies like the Solidigm 61.44 TB and 122.88 TB NVMe drives using QLC technology, offering customers access to a rich ecosystem of high-performance, high-capacity storage options,” said Roger Corell, Senior Director, AI and Leadership Marketing, for Solidigm. “This adaptability helps organizations integrate cutting-edge advancements into their infrastructure, selecting the best technology available while massively consolidating rack space and realizing power and cooling savings. We are excited to see Myriad deliver innovation in scalable, next-generation storage solutions.”
These new drives offer extraordinary density, enabling Myriad storage capacities of up to 6 PB in five rack space units (5U) and 12 PB in 10U. With Myriad’s automatic inline data compaction and deduplication that deliver up to 20x data reduction rate, customers could achieve effective storage capacity of up to 240 PB with 10 nodes, and nearly half an exabyte or 480 PB in 20 nodes, delivering astonishing density and reduction in rack space and operational costs.
To further support AI/ML pipelines and other data-intensive workloads, Myriad will also offer seamless integration with Quantum’s ActiveScale® object storage for large dataset ingest, integrated archiving, recall, and data lake operations.
The new scalability features will include:
- Partially populated NVMe Storage Server Nodes to allow more initial and expansion flexibility choices, starting with a minimum of four NVMe drive modules per NVMe Storage Server Node. The remaining open NVMe drive module slots can be populated as needed.
- Additional high-density drive choices of 61.44 TB and 122.88 TB for greater density and infrastructure savings, starting with Solidigm™ D5-P5336 61 TB and 122 TB NVMe drives.
- Incremental, no downtime scaling support of up to 20 NVMe Storage Server Nodes in future releases and ultimately, virtually unlimited scalability with expanding intelligent fabric leaf nodes.
- Up to 400 GbE Ethernet RDMA compatibility to support the highest available cluster performance.
- Integrated archive and recall with ActiveScale to build seamless, expanding data lakes.
The new features are expected to be available in the second half of 2025. For more information on Myriad, visit www.quantum.com/myriad.
* Quantum Myriad customers will see variable compression rates ranging from 2X-20X or higher depending on the data type.
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Quantum delivers end-to-end data management solutions designed for the AI era. With over four decades of experience, our data platform has allowed customers to extract the maximum value from their unique, unstructured data. From high-performance ingest that powers AI applications and demanding data-intensive workloads, to massive, durable data lakes to fuel AI models, Quantum delivers the most comprehensive and cost-efficient solutions. Leading organizations in life sciences, government, media and entertainment, research, and industrial technology trust Quantum with their most valuable asset – their data. Quantum is listed on Nasdaq (QMCO).
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