Case Study: Duke University scales and shares its growing sports video library with Quantum Corporation’s StorNext solution

Quantum StorNext Meets the Challenge of Managing Growing Video Content for Duke’s Blue Devil Network

Duke University’s Blue Devil Network produces live and on‑demand video for 27 varsity teams, coaches, players and broadcast partners, and was confronting an exponential increase in high‑resolution and uncompressed footage. Massive file sizes, fragmented storage silos and limited online capacity forced the team to archive to tape midseason and made fast sharing and reliable, always‑on access impossible.

Working with LH Computer Services, Duke deployed a Quantum StorNext M440 metadata appliance with StorNext QXS‑1200 storage and migrated existing SANs into a single StorNext environment. The solution added scalable capacity, eliminated content silos, kept far more footage online for instant use, sped responses to coaches and network partners, and delivered reliable 24/7 performance with a foundation that can grow as video formats evolve.

Duke University

Chad Lampman

Executive Director