a more positive light ?
This is my opinion. NO ONE wants StorNext, no one wants XSAN. Today, there are countless wonderful choices, from numerous manufacturers that make shared storage systems. ALL of them (except StorNext which is still being sold and promoted by Quantum and Nexsan) are inexpensive, easy to use, and do not require a top level IT administrator to get them to work. I don’t care if it’s hi end from AVID Nexis, Facilis, EditShare, Studio Network solutions, Small Tree, all the way down to QNAP and Synology – they all work, they are all inexpensive, they are all easy to use. A StorNext based system is COMPLICATED. This is the reason why that even though “XSAN is free”, no one wants to use it. Every other solution is more friendly.
Promise on the other hand has made very nice, EASY TO USE products, everything from the Promise R8 series (now with Thunderbolt 3 offerings) to the extremely popular SanLink2 thunderbolt to 10G boxes. 1) Inexpensive, 2) Easy to Use.
This is the polar opposite of any StorNext based system.
Simply went the way of Active Storage (same management team) – bye bye.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
bobzelin@icloud.com