Case Study: 1303 Systems achieves 4K‑ready scalable storage and rapid archive retrieval with Quantum Corporation's StorNext Pro 4K

1303 Systems - Customer Case Study

A New England media organization faced growing pressure from larger 4K/HD files and an aging Xsan infrastructure that was over capacity, slow to retrieve archived assets and relied on manual tape processes that delayed editors up to four days. A prior 10Gb scale-out NAS also underperformed, so the company needed a modern, media-savvy storage platform that preserved Xsan-like collaboration while providing headroom for future growth.

System integrator 1303 Systems deployed Quantum’s StorNext Pro 4K bundle (StorNext 5, metadata appliances, QXS-1200 RAID, AEL500 LTO-6 archive, 8Gb Fibre Channel and 24x7 support), enabling automated nearline/archive management and fast, real-time 4K ingest, editing and finishing. The result: archive retrieval times dropped from days to minutes, editors regained productivity, and the organization now has a highly scalable, dependable storage foundation aligned with its 4K/6K/8K growth strategy.

1303 Systems

Chris Collum

President