ScoutAM ingests file and object data from primary data sources, establishes persistent searchable online metadata records and then automatically brokers data in parallel to a composable mix of mass storage devices and services such as public cloud, private cloud, disk, and tape storage systems. 

The ScoutAM platform provides cloud scale services by scaling both horizontally and vertically and was developed to preserve and process large volumes of metadata while delivering exabyte-scale data throughput performance to meet the most demanding mass storage requirements where hundreds of millions of files and objects are rapidly moving in and out of mass storage systems.

ScoutAM includes a sophisticated and highly configurable policy engine with on-the-fly tuning capabilities to automate the process of aligning diverse incoming data streams with different protection levels, physical locations, and storage classes. For example, certain files or frequently used objects may be protected with one or two copies on tape, but also routed to a flash or disk storage class to improve read performance. Since workflows and data types are often changing, the ability to add new storage policies to a running system is a crucial advantage for modern datacenter workflows.

While developed for exabyte-scale workloads, ScoutAM is designed for ease of deployment, configuration, and use. The vision for ScoutAM was to create the most capable mass storage platform in the world while at the same time ensuring that it is easy to deploy and manage. ScoutAM is the first mass storage system with a quick start guide and an RPM-based installation, and a default configuration that can be deployed in 30 minutes.