Leveraging Quantum's

Solutions for Unstructured

Data Management
Slide 1: About Quantum Corporation
• Welcome your audience and introduce the topic.
• Mention that you'll be discussing Quantum Corporation's solutions for
managing unstructured data.
Structured Data:

1. Definition: Structured data refers to organized and highly formatted data that follows a specific,
predefined schema or data model. It is typically stored in relational databases or spreadsheets,
where each piece of data has a clear and consistent format.
2. Characteristics:
1. Consistent format: Structured data is organized into tables or lists with rows and columns, where each
column represents a specific data attribute (e.g., name, age, address).
2. Easy to query: Structured data can be queried using standard SQL (Structured Query Language) or other
database query languages, making it straightforward to extract specific information.
3. Examples: Sales transactions, customer records, financial statements, inventory data, and product catalogs
are common examples of structured data.
3. Significance in Modern Business Environments:
1. Structured data is crucial for core business operations and decision-making.
2. It enables businesses to perform data analysis, generate reports, and make data-driven decisions efficiently.
3. Structured data is the basis for business intelligence, data warehousing, and traditional database
management systems.
Unstructured Data:
1. Definition: Unstructured data refers to information that lacks a predefined data model or structure. It
doesn't fit neatly into rows and columns as in structured data. Unstructured data can take various forms,
including text, images, audio, video, and social media content.
2. Characteristics:
1. Lack of structure: Unstructured data doesn't have a fixed format, making it challenging to organize and categorize.
2. Varied sources: It can originate from sources like emails, social media, documents, web pages, and multimedia
content.
3. Examples: Unstructured data includes emails, customer reviews, social media posts, images, video clips, and
audio recordings.
3. Significance in Modern Business Environments:
1. Unstructured data represents a significant and growing portion of the data generated daily by organizations.
2. It contains valuable insights and information that, when properly analyzed, can provide a competitive advantage.
3. Businesses use natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, and AI techniques to extract meaning and
patterns from unstructured data.
4. Unstructured data is crucial for sentiment analysis, market research, social media monitoring, content
recommendation systems, and more.
Challenges in Managing Unstructured Data
• Volume and Growth
• Storage Costs
• Data Quality and Accessibility
• Data Security and Privacy
• Data Lifespan
• Data Classification
Quantum's Offerings for Unstructured
Data
1. StorNext File System

2. ActiveScale Object Storage

3. Xcellis Workflow Storage

4. F-Series NVMe Storage Arrays

5. Data Management and Analytics

 StorNext File System
The StorNext File System is a high-performance, scalable, and versatile file
system and data management platform.

Features
• High-Performance Data Access:
Up to 23 GB per second on a single stream.

• Scalability:
Scale-out performance up to thousands of clients, and scale capacity with any type of storage up to
billions of files.

• Multi-Platform Support:
StorNext File System client supports MAC, Windows, or Linux

• Versatile Storage Options:

Scale file system clusters using any combination of NVMe, SSD, and HDD.
StorNext Connectivity Options
ActiveScale Object Storage
• The ActiveScale™ P100 is a modular object storage system that allows you to scale out or geo-spread video
and other unstructured data to 27 PB (raw)