Intelligent Archiving for Media & Entertainment Quantum StorNext Data Management Software Ingo Fuchs – Product Marketing Manager, Quantum © 2008 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.

Agenda Evolution of the Digital Workflow Content Protection and Recovery Intelligent Archiving © 2008 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.

The evolution of the digital workflow SNEAKERNET  SAN and NAS  Beyond Sneakernet Files created at one desk Stored on a Firewire Drive (or similar) Carry or ship to next desk Nice and slow – plenty of time… © 2008 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.

The evolution of the digital workflow Storage Area Networks (SAN) Pros Content stored in a central repository Faster data access Easier to manage than DAS Cons Logically still silos of storage Serial workflow (access/copy) Increased risk of loss as everything is in one place Linux Workstation 1 SAN Linux Workstation 2 Windows Workstation 1 © 2008 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.

The evolution of the digital workflow Network Attached Storage (NAS) Pros Content stored in a central, shared repository Basic content sharing Cons Limited performance and scalability Increased risk of loss as everything is in one place Linux Workstation 1 LAN Linux Workstation 2 Windows Workstation 1 © 2008 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.

The evolution of the digital workflow The next step – StorNext File System True content sharing Real-time access to digital assets Scalable (GB/s throughput per node, PBs of capacity) Workstations Workstations / Servers Browse Craft Proxy Edit Ingest Play-Out Edit High-Performance Disk SAN LAN Gateway Farm © 2008 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.

HD and the “Data Tsunami” Professional Moving Image Content 2007: 700 PB 2012: 2.4 EB (Exabytes) Massive amounts of digital content from HD and 2k/4k workflows New challenges Protecting your content Retaining and retrieving long-term digital archives Managing increasing capacity demands with tight budgets Digitizing analog video archives creates increasing amounts of data Storing multiple versions for re-purposing more efficiently The “Data Tsunami” You ? Source: Coughlin Associates, Archiving in the Entertainment and Professional Media Market, 2007 © 2008 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.

Content Protection and Recovery Some key questions: How valuable is the stored content? How painful would it be to re-create (e.g. re-ingest) content? How to hit deadlines after loosing content? Standard IT Backup/Recovery solutions Widely used in standard IT environments Essentially create copies again and again All content remains on primary storage Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) solutions Widely used in data-intensive environments Retains data on the most economic storage tier Often includes data protection functionality Allows to store “infinite” amounts of data Also known as ILM, Digital Archive, etc. – we call it Intelligent Archiving © 2008 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.

Intelligent Archiving StorNext Storage Manager Stores data at the most economical storage tier at a specific point in time Typical Storage Tiers: Large Capacity Disk High retrieval speed, good for all file sizes, high energy consumption De-Duplicated Storage De-duplication algorithm determines efficiency, specifically for Rich Media Onsite and Offsite Data Tape Long term content retention, off-site storage, retrieval speed good for large files NAS Appliances Re-purposing, flexible Policy Manager Large Capacity Disk De-Duplicated Storage Onsite and Offsite Tape NAS Appliances © 2008 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.

Total Cost of Storage for 100TB Primary Storage vs Total Cost of Storage for 100TB Primary Storage vs. Intelligent Archiving with StorNext Storage Manager 100TB Online 10TB Online 100TB Archive (90% Offsite) © 2008 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.

StorNext Architecture Distributed LAN Clients SAN Clients Browse Craft Proxy Edit Ingest Play-Out Edit High-Performance Disk SAN LAN Clustered Gateways iMover Policy Manager Large Capacity Disk De-Duplicated Storage Onsite and Offsite Tape NAS Appliances © 2008 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.

Customer Example: Retirement Living TV Retirement Living is a cable company targeting the 55+ demographic. Its mission is to inform, involve, and inspire seniors to lead full, healthy and active lives. They’ve produced over 400 hours of original programming which translates into over 3000 hours of finished content (approx $32 million in assets) They currently reach 20 million homes nationwide and are actively pursuing deals with all major satellite and cable distributors Challenge: Needed file-based workflow to create, quickly edit, and prepare original content for playout to air. Solution: StorNext File System for 10 edit rooms, 2 graphic suites and multiple ingest points to access content simultaneously StorNext Storage Manager for data protection and multi-tier archiving to disk, tape, and vault Result: Time to air is faster Content is protected and archived cost-effectively for re-use 9:1 cost savings over traditional video tape

StorNext – the choice for Digital Archive Single Namespace, transparent data access Ability to access all content regardless of where it’s stored Include all primary and secondary storage systems, disk and tape Support all platforms and applications Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac Flexible, scalable access to content Support both SAN and LAN access Reliable and scalable LAN access needs to be reliable and scalable Data Protection built-in Ability to create data protection copies of content Low IT overhead, Lights-out operations Automatic, transparent, dynamic data movement (store and retrieve) Ability to expand or migrate to new storage infrastructure while running Lower TCO / Total Cost of Storage © 2008 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.

Summary StorNext File System StorNext Storage Manager Fast, real-time access to digital content Supports SD and HD assets Platform independent Content sharing across SAN and LAN Result: Faster time to market StorNext Storage Manager Transparently manages digital content Automatically protects digital assets Cost-effective long-term storage Result: Store more content for less