Cloud Native Computing Foundation Accepts Quantum-Initiated Storage Project

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM) today announced that the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has voted to accept Rook, the open source project Quantum initiated, as a hosted project. Rook is a cloud native storage orchestration solution for modern data centers that simplifies container storage services. It provides the benefits of cloud infrastructures to both public cloud and on-premise environments, including the ability to flexibly allocate file, block and object storage to different application and business units.

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Open Source Orchestrator for Distributed Storage Systems in Cloud Native Environments

Rook turns distributed storage software into self-managing, self-scaling and self-healing storage services. It does so by automating the tasks of a storage administrator, including deployment, bootstrapping, configuration, provisioning, scaling, upgrading, migration, disaster recovery, monitoring and resource management. In addition, Rook capitalizes on the power of the underlying cloud native container management, scheduling and orchestration platform to perform its duties.

Designed for Kubernetes, Rook leverages extension points and provides a seamless experience for scheduling, lifecycle management, resource management, security, monitoring and user experience. It also brings file, block and object storage systems into the Kubernetes cluster, running them seamlessly alongside other applications and services that are consuming the storage. By doing so, the cloud native cluster becomes self-sufficient and portable across public cloud and on-premise deployments.

Momentum in Developer Community

Rook is the first storage project in the CNCF. Joining 14 other CNCF-hosted projects covering other areas of the cloud native architecture, it will be part of a neutral foundation aligned with technical interests, will receive help with project governance, and be provided marketing support. The CNCF acceptance of Rook continues a trend of growing support in the developer community. As reported by the CNCF, other signs of momentum for Rook include:

• 47 contributors.
• 1,935 GitHub stars.
• More than 1.25 million container downloads.

A beta version of Rook (release 0.7) is expected in early 2018, with additional developments planned and a production-ready version expected later this year.

Additional Resources

• Read the CNCF announcement: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2018/01/29/cncf-host-rook-project-cloud-native-storage-capabilities
• Learn more about Rook: https://rook.io or https://github.com/rook
• Follow the Rook blog: https://blog.rook.io

About Quantum

Quantum is a leading expert in scale-out tiered storage, archive and data protection, providing solutions for capturing, sharing, managing and preserving digital assets over the entire data lifecycle. From small businesses to major enterprises, more than 100,000 customers have trusted Quantum to address their most demanding data workflow challenges. Quantum's end-to-end, tiered storage foundation enables customers to maximize the value of their data by making it accessible whenever and wherever needed, retaining it indefinitely and reducing total cost and complexity. See how at www.quantum.com/customerstories.

Quantum, the Quantum logo and Rook are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Quantum Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

"Safe Harbor" Statement: This press release contains "forward-looking" statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Specifically, but without limitation, statements relating to: i) Rook's features and benefits; ii) the CNCF continuing to host Rook as a project; iii) the benefits of Rook being hosted by the CNCF; and iv) future product releases are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to Quantum on the date hereof. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Quantum's actual results to differ materially from those implied by the forward-looking statements. More detailed information about these risk factors are set forth in Quantum's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Risk Factors," in Quantum's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2017 and in Quantum's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2017. Quantum expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

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