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Based on high density, blue laser recording technology, UDO (Ultra Density Optical) is the 30GB standard for professional archival storage. With a comprehensive product family that accommodates archive requirements from workgroup to enterprise, the G-Series family offers Entry Level, Midrange and Enterprise configurations from 720GB to over 19TB of archival storage capacity. UDO delivers all the traditional strengths expected from optical storage such as record authenticity and media longevity, but at a much higher capacity and lower cost than previous generation products.

UDO media is available in true Write Once and Rewritable media formats, both of which are certified Ecma and ISO standards. UDO true Write Once technology enables regulatory compliance, best practice and audit trail management and is ideal for applications that require records be archived in an unalterable, non-erasable format for legal admissibility. UDO Rewritable media is used for more general archive requirements that demand data longevity while allowing older records to be erased and media space reused.

Plasmon UDO Libraries
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G-Series libraries Powered by UDO are the market leader in 5.25 inch optical automation and are the backbone of the archival storage strategy for corporations and government agencies worldwide. G-Series libraries Powered by UDO provide dramatically greater archive capacities than previous generation products, delivering rapid access to large data archives with a very low Total Cost of Ownership.

Designed to ensure investment protection through backward compatibility, all G-Series libraries support both 30GB UDO (Ultra Density Optical) and previous generation MO (Magneto Optical) storage technologies within the same library. State-of-the-art features such as dual picker, barcode reader, hot/warm swappable drives, redundant power supplies and the highest duty cycles in the industry combine to provide maximum performance and minimum downtime..

G-Series UDO Libraries Specifications Summary

Entry Level
Midrange
Enterprise
Model
Gx24
Gx32
Gx80
Gx134
Gx174
G164
G238
G438
G638
Max Capacity-UDO
720GB
960GB
2.4TB
4TB
5.2TB
4.9TB
7.1TB
13.1TB
19.1TB
Number of slots
24
32
72/80
134
166/174
164
238
438
638
Max Drive Count
2
2
4/2
4
4/2
12
12
12
12
Avg Exchange Time (sec)
6.1
6.1
6.1
8.3
8.3
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
Picker type
dual
dual
dual
dual
dual
dual
dual
dual
dual
Library interface
LVD / SE Auto Sensing, HVD optional

 

Archival Storage (TCO) Analysis

The Archival Storage Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Analysis quantifies the acquisition and operating costs of different storage technologies used for archiving data. The products selected for comparison are magnetic tape (AIT-3), magnetic disk (Centera) and three optical storage technologies: DVD, UDO and MO. The purpose of the study is to provide a balanced assessment of actual costs so that companies implementing archive strategies can use the results as a framework for their own appraisals.

In order to provide a realistic TCO assessment, the 20-page report is based on the actual requirements from the London branch of a global financial institution. The total size of the archive is 12TB with frequent, random access to the archived records. The chart below summarizes the financial findings of the report by breaking down the most significant components of cost over a three-year operating period.

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G-Series for IBM OS/400

Professional Archival Storage

G-Series for IBM OS/400 optical libraries are supported natively within the IBM OS/400 and i5/OS operating systems. These libraries are automatically identified by OS/400 and i5/OS, presenting the library as a standard storage device. No additional library management software is required.

The G-Series for IBM OS/400 libraries offer secure, long-term archival storage and are the most scalable, feature-rich optical solution available to iSeries customers. Users of IBM Content Manager for iSeries have implemented G-Series for IBM OS/400 as part of their information management and storage infrastructure.

All G-Series for IBM OS/400 libraries support both 30GB UDO (Ultra Density optical) and previous generation MO (Magneto Optical) storage technologies and provide the same robust feature set as standard G-Series libraries to ensure maximum performance and minimum downtime: dual picker, barcode reader, hot/warm swappable drives, redundant power supplies and high duty cycles.

G-Series for IBM OS/400 are the IBM-endorsed successor to the IBM 3995 optical libraries and have an almost six-fold increase in capacity compared with earlier generation 5.2GB IBM 3995 configurations.

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