microDATA Center
Network Attached Library
The microDATA Center™ (mDC™) is a configurable network attached storage
and data distribution appliance designed to perform three interrelated functions
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- First,
it is a library that provides fast access to data from across
your network. Library capacity can be expanded from 240
GB to multiple terabytes of online data.
- Second,
it is an archive center with virtually limitless capacity.
The archive center is the library "storage room."
Any archived file or set of files can be quickly located
and reloaded into the library via built in librarian software
and database.
- And
third, the mDC can function as a media center to provide
centralized CD/DVD production. Uses include distributing
data on CD or DVD; migrating data from one storage medium
to another (tape to CD/DVD, CD to DVD, MO to CD/DVD, etc.);
and creating data "snapshots" on CD or DVD.
Library
As a network attached library, the mDC acts like a CD/DVD jukebox
and provides read-only access to finalized data sets. In its base
240 GB configuration, it has the equivalent storage capacity of
a 360-disc CD jukebox.
Unlike a jukebox,
however, the mDC provides immediate access to data. There are
no access time bottlenecks related to robotic movements and disc
loading/unloading, or constraints on the concurrent number of
users due to the limited availability of CD-ROM drives.
Archive
Center
Data marked for archive is moved to the mDC's Static Library and
is read-only. Data sets in the Static Library are automatically
placed on CD or DVD archive discs for permanent, secure storage.The
mDC logs the Data Set location (archive disc locator information)
into its internal database and labels the disc with this information.
Archived Data
Sets can be retained online for immediate access in the mDC's
Static Library. Data Sets are removed from the online Static Library
in accordance with user parameters and system-wide parameters
(system parameters are set by the System Administrator).
Data that
has been moved off-line can be easily restored by placing the
archive disc in the mDC's DVD-ROM reader. The mDC automatically
restores the selected data to its original location.
Media Center
For anyone on the network, the mDC Center can function like a
printer that records and labels CDs/DVDs instead of paper documents.
Discs can contain engineering drawings, photos, sales presentations,
billing and accounting information, project "snapshots,"
or any other digital data that you need to send out or store on
portable media.
You can use
the mDC to transfer data to CD or DVD from tape or other network
resources, or to combine data from a number of different of CDs
onto DVD.
Key Features
- Network appliance plugs into your network
- Outperforms jukeboxes and costs less
- Much greater functionality and data security than RAID
- Indispensable addition for meeting new data retention and privacy regulations,
such as HIPAA (healthcare) and SEC (financial)
- Provides permanent archival and legal hardcopy of data
- Database tools for tracking data and disc locations
- One step data restoration function
- No limit on file or data set size for archival; automatically spans discs
(CDs or DVDs)
- Provides high data density for archives; no partial discs
- Windows NT/2000 and Unix compatible
- Integrated, high speed, scalable storage capacity (240 GB to multiple TB)
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