The DISC Series is a modular design product family utilizing the Blu-ray technology with 25 or 50 GB per media. The DISC BD Series capacity ranges from 1TB to 35TB and provides up to 14 parallel data streams of 18MB/s. WORM and rewritable media are supported, offline data management is maintained by intelligent pack technology.
- Industry
- Medical
- Law enforcement
- Banking
- Insurance
- Government
- Security
- Audio/Video broadcasting
- Education
- E-mail archive
Software Support
Connectivity to virtually any application is supported by the means of file systems or APIs which provide transparent access to the optical library. A wide range of storage management options is available including data migration, HSM, mirroring and read/write cache settings utilizing the UDF and other file systems. Media can be managed in WORM or rewritable volume sets containing single or multiple physical media with spanning and dynamic expansion options.
Direct attach OS support for MS Windows, Mac, major Linux and Unix versions and Novell NetWare
Network attach support through NAS appliance or MS Windows Storage Server 2003 services
Tape Emulation appliance
Technology
Blu-ray is set to be the future high capacity archive technology with 25 or 50GB per medium and a clear roadmap to 100GB and 200GB media capacities. Media are single sided with single or multiple recording layers of 25GB capacity each. WORM (BD-R) and Rewriteable (BD-Re) media are sector type with defect management and highly efficient error correction. Blu-ray is 120mm bare media type with hardcoated surface. Blu-ray drives are read/write compatible with CD/DVD media. Technology standardization is supported by all major drive and media manufacturers as well as the UDF file system. Blu-ray read/write transfer rates are 18MB/swith a roadmap to 36MB/s.
Additional Reading
The all-new Rheinland TUV Certified Blu-ray disc is available now.