Optical Storage Library utilizes cartridge-free media.
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Based on Professional Disc for DATA technology from Sony, blue laser TeraCart PD offers capacities from 2-33 Tb in single library requiring 4 ft² floor space. Offering 9 Mb/sec write speeds and 11 Mb/sec read, Sony ProDATA media stores up to 23.3 Gb of data. SAN/NAS support allows expansion up to 8 libraries, and using pass-through and infrared communications, libraries can be managed as single physical unit. System is designed to meet requirements of healthcare environments.
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Asaca Demonstrates 33TB Blue Laser Optical Storage Library Utilizing Cartridge-Free Media at RSNA
New TeraCart PD Provides Imaging Professionals More than 33TB of Digital File Storage in Only Four Square Feet of Floor Space
CHICAGO, IL (RSNA, Booth #4338), Nov. 29, 2004 - Today at RSNA, Asaca Corporation, a leading developer of high-capacity, high-performance data storage solutions, introduced the world's first blue laser optical storage library incorporating bare media from Sony Electronics. This latest addition to Asaca's family of TeraCart optical libraries, the TeraCart PDR is based on a new Professional Disc for DATA technology from Sony, utilizing cartridge-free media for scaleable capacities ranging from 2TB to over 33TB in a single library while requiring no more than a four square foot of floor space.
Designed to meet the performance and 7 x 24 operation requirements of today's healthcare environments offering 9MB/sec. write speeds and 11MB per second read, the Sony ProDATA media can store up to 23.3GB of data or the equivalent of up to 2,300 x-ray images (at 10MB per image) onto durable, random access media. The new TeraCart PD is available with both SAN and NAS support, offering the flexibility to start with a single cabinet and expand to as many as eight libraries for capacities reaching hundreds of Terabytes. Using pass-through and infrared communications, the libraries can be easily managed as a single physical unit.
"Sony's ProDATA technology is designed to meet the existing and emerging capacity and performance requirements that the market demands, as well as economically address today's regulatory requirements and data retention policies," said Mike Hall, Business Development Manager for storage solutions at Sony Electronics' Component Solutions Business Division. "The combination of Sony's ProDATA technology into Asaca's world class family of libraries provides the customer with an excellent choice for storing their most valuable digital assets."
Ideally suited for high-performance professional imaging applications, these new blue laser libraries offer more than four times the capacity of red laser optical storage solutions. A flexible, standards-based solution, the TeraCart PD can be easily integrated as an essential part of an organizations' overall solution to gain compliance with government regulations including HIPAA.
"This new category of libraries bridges the gap for today's medical archive requirements," said Chuck Larabie, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Asaca/ShibaSoku Corporation. "The TeraCart PD pairs the random access and removability feature of CD and DVD technology with the per cartridge capacity of tape. This new technology creates capacities nearly 3X that of red laser technologies without adding a single inch to our floor space requirements and at a TCO much lower than other blue laser technologies."
A superior option to tape libraries, a single bare media Professional Disc for DATA disk can hold up to 23.3GB of data and the libraries can be equipped with one to six Sony ProDATA drives. A flexible, scaleable, high-performance solution, the TeraCart PD is also an ideal solution for email archival, enterprise content management, multimedia projects, graphic design, and audio/video editing and authoring.
Price/Availability
ASACA's expanded line of TeraCart libraries integrating Sony's professional-grade blue laser technology drives and ProDATA media are now available in three scaleable models; the AM250PD, the AM750PD and the AM1450PD offering up to 5.8TB, 17.5and 33.8TB storage respectively. ASACA's TeraCart AM Series with Sony blue laser and ProDATA technologies are expected to have a starting price of $30,000. Sony's 120mm rewritable and write-once Professional Disc for DATA media stores up to 23.3GB on a single side.
About ASACA
Founded in 1971, the ASACA/ShibaSoku Corporation has its US headquarters in Golden, Colorado. A leading developer of high-capacity, high-performance data storage solutions, the company is focused on serving broadcast and data storage markets worldwide. For complete information on the TeraCart AM Series, visit the ASACA website at www.asaca.com.
