Optical Automation Archive Storage

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1 Optical Automation Archive Storage Andrew Richards Plasmon Inc. 400 Inverness Dr. South Suite 310 Englewood, CO Phone: (720) FAX: (720) Presented at the THIC Meeting at the National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder CO June 11-12,

2 Automation Optical Drives Libraries Software Media Plasmon

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4 Storage Technologies/Media 12 OPTICAL ULTRA DENSITY OPTICAL (UDO) MAGNETO OPTICAL DVD-RAM DVD-R CD-R CD-ROM LTO TAPE SDLT TAPE AIT TAPE Archive/Near-line Back-Up & Restore/Inactive Technologies to the left generally provide: Faster time to random data Good choice for active data and small files Increased data security/reliability Superior archive medium Technologies to the right generally provide: Faster data transfer rates Lower cost per GB Tape is good choice for large data streams and files Tape best suited for backup DVD, CD-R and Tape are good choice for inactive data

5 LTO Ultrium Tape Automation

6 V-Series LTO Ultrium Tape Automation SCALABILITY - up to 6 drives, 102 cartridges and 10.2 TBs of native storage, 20.4 compressed AVAILABILITY - redundant power supplies and hot-swappable drives MANAGEABILITY - rack-mountable with remote management for ease of use RELIABILITY - virtually no periodic maintenance V440 coming soon For more info -

7 DVD/CD Optical Automation

8 D-Series DVD/CD Optical Automation RELIABILITY - Data center quality you can trust CAPACITY - Patented Rotation Station - twice the storage! PERFORMANCE - Double-Picker robotics - fast access! VALUE - Durable data storage at an affordable price For more info -

9 Magneto Optical Automation

10 G-Series 5.25 Magneto Optical Automation Capacity: 580 GBs to 5.8 TBs Sony 9.1 GB Optical Drives (RW/WORM Media) Hot Swappable Drives Bar Code Scanner 10-Slot Bulk Magazines Robotics Auto-Calibration Redundant Power Supplies For more info -

11 The Future of Professional Optical Storage 30GB Ultra Density Optical 120GB 60GB

12 Historical 5.25 MO Roadmap Generation 3 2.6GB 1998 Generation 4 5.2GB Generation 5 9.1GB 1988 Generation 2 1.3GB Generation 1 650MB For more info -

13 Overview UDO is the next generation 5.25 professional optical storage technology UDO standard announced by Sony, HP and Plasmon in November 2000 with capacity roadmap of GB UDO is application of Blu-ray consumer technology to professional optical storage market Blu-ray is the proposed next generation DVD replacement with ~25GB capacity to store HDTV video Double sided Phase Change WORM and RW media Generation 1 is scheduled to ship in August 2003 For more info -

14 Overview UDO is a convergent technology that provides the performance of 5.25 MO, the longevity of 12-inch WORM and the cost-effectiveness of DVD 30 GB Generation 1 $2/GB 60 GB Generation 2 $1/GB 120 GB Generation 3 $0.5/GB UDO sets new standards of capacity, performance and cost for optical storage technology Plasmon is developing drives and media in-house For more info -

15 Development Status $25m fully funded development program underway since June 2000 Plasmon is developing the drive electronics and firmware in Colorado Springs - 47 engineers with 16 year history of optical drive development and manufacture Asahi Pentax is developing the optomechanical assembly (OMA) based on their existing MO product - also working on Bluray optical pickups For more info -

16 Development Status Plasmon is developing UDO media in Cambridge UK - 36 engineers with 12 year history of phase change media development and manufacture Working closely with Nichia on blue-violet lasers since late 1999 Long-term life testing underway since early 2001 with good results in line with specifications Laser cost within budget Prototype form factor EVT drives late summer 2002 Program allows one year integration phase to August 2003 For more info -

17 Specifications Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Capacity 30 GB 60 GB 120 GB Transfer Rate 8 MB/s 12 MB/s 18 MB/s RPM 2000 RPM 3000 RPM 3600 RPM Avg Seek Time 25 msec 25 msec 25 msec Numerical Aperture Media Layers Encoding 1,7 1,7 ML Sector Size 8KB 8KB 8KB SCSI Transfer Rate 80 MB/s 80 MB/s 80 MB/s Load Time 5 seconds 5 seconds 5 seconds Unload Time 3 seconds 3 seconds 3 seconds MSBF 750, , ,000 For more info -

18 Revenue (millions) Forecast /Drive Market Worldwide High Capacity 5.25 Optical (UDO) Units/Revenue Thousand of Units Units Revenues $100 $90 $80 $70 $60 $50 $40 $30 $20 $ Source IDC 2001 For more info -

19 Markets/Applications Technologies DVD-RAM 5.25 MO DVD-R 5.25 CCW 12-inch WORM Applications Voice Recording TeleCom General Document Management Data Warehousing Internet / E-Commerce Storage Management Investment Banking Legal Financial Records Online Publishing Medical Imaging Data Archiving Critical Records/Doc Management Archive For more info -

20 Generation Generation Generation For more info -

21 Automation Optical Drives Libraries Software Media Plasmon Thank you for your time