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Qumulo launches ‘ gamechanging ’ cloud native solution for cold file data
ANQ Cold pitched as a perfect fit for healthcare – among other operational advantages .
Qumulo has launched Azure Native Qumulo Cold ( ANQ Cold ), part of Qumulo ’ s Scale Anywhere platform for the hybrid enterprise . ANQ Cold enables Qumulo customers to cost-effectively store and retrieve infrequently accessed ‘ cold ’ file data at any scale .
Qumulo says customers who store cold data on premises now have a cost competitive alternative to send cold data to a secure , native cloud file service in Azure .
Unlike cloud-based cold blob storage that can lead to substantial data retrieval charges – ANQ Cold includes up to 5TB of data retrieval per month .
“ ANQ Cold is an industry game changer for economically storing and retrieving cold file data ,” says Ryan Farris , VP of Product , Qumulo .
“ To put this in perspective , hospital IT administrators in charge of PACS archival data can use ANQ Cold to instantly retrieve over 200,000 DICOM images per month without any extra data retrieval charges . Or , customers managing document repositories for global clients can retrieve 2.4 million PDF documents before paying for data retrieval .”
ANQ Cold provides Qumulo customers a fully featured cloud-native file services that offers :
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