ST1901

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: OPTICAL DISC
optical drives. This helps with migration
time and reduces costs. And the
development is continuing with Mitsubishi
Chemical Media working on new Archival
Grade Optical Media with higher capacity
in combination with optical drive
manufacturers to increase the total capacity
of optical library systems.
A MULTITUDE OF OPTIONS
Everyone is familiar with the small-scale
systems that manually record data on
optical discs using a PC and an optical
disc drive and store them on shelves, but
there are numerous options for larger
scale systems.
There are online systems in which a robot
carries an optical disc, fills it in a drive, and
records and reproduces it. There are also
systems that incorporate different recording
media (flash memory, hard disks, tapes,
etc.) and provide a rational system that
automatically selects optimal data storage
locations by hierarchical technology.
We are living in a time where data is one
of the most valuable things that we create,
and where the care of which could have a
significant influence on the way our society
will learn and develop. Optical media
clearly has its part to play in this, providing
a very reliable and efficient method of longterm
data storage so that we can benefit.
The industry standards that have been
crucial in its success so far, ensuring
compatibility across generations of optical
media technology, will be maintained to
continue to direct its development as higher
capacity optical media and library systems
are launched over the coming years.
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