HPA first to use UDO in Australia
HPA first to use UDO in Australia
Hermes Precisa Austraia has become the first organisation to install UDO (ultra density optical) technology into the archiving system for the Health and Insurance Commission.
The new technology was released in Australia late last year and is claimed to be much more robust than CD/DVD storage. It has also been designed to meet Australian compliance rules too.
Manufactured by Plasmon, the new UDO optical disc drive provides the next generation replacement for magneto-optical storage. It is a pure optical format, similar to recordable DVD.
The Managing Director of Plasmon's distribution partner AustStor, Lachie MacDonald, said that the shelf-life of the disc is 50 years; the capacity is 3 times greater than existing CD/DVDs (30GB per disc); it has the ability to store data permanently with it's write-once, read many (WORM) format and it has been built specifically to meet the compliance needs of companies: "It answers the many compliance questions for people in the business world, financial organisations, banks, government and defence departments. This is because we can guarantee long-term storage of vital information such as medical records and regulated documents in industries such as banking and finance. Whereas DVDs are susceptible to decay by funghi if they are not stored properly.
"Each piece of UDO media will also include a unique serial number that cannot be modified or erased. Each disc will cost just $2.50 per GB, the same as DVDs too, and we have a roadmap in place which offers 2 generations, increasing firstly to 60GB then 120GB. The discs will double in capacity every 2 years."
Compatibility is another advantage for organisations looking to integrate the discs. Users will be able to place them in existing Plasmon optical storage libraries.Leading vendors such as IBM, HP and EMC have already ordered shipments so that they can incorporate them into their hardware.
HPA provides outsourced customer communications and document imaging services to large Australian companies and Government agencies. The organisation aims to have them fully installed into the Health and Insurance Commission by March this year.
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