Optical Automation Archive Storage

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www.plasmon.com

Presented at the THIC Meeting

at the National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder CO 80305-5602

June 11-12, 2002

Optical Automation Archive Storage

Andrew Richards

Plasmon Inc.

400 Inverness Dr. South Suite 310 Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (720) 873-2500 FAX: (720) 873-2501

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LTO TAPE SDLT TAPE AIT TAPE CD-R CD-ROM DVD-RAM DVD-R MAGNETO OPTICAL 12” OPTICAL ULTRA DENSITY

OPTICAL (UDO)

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

Archive/Near-line Back-Up & Restore/Inactive

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V-Series LTO Ultrium Tape

Automation

For more info - http://www.plasmon.com/tape

• 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

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D-Series DVD/CD Optical

Automation

For more info -http://www.plasmon.com/120mm

• 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

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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

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Ultra Density Optical The Future of Professional Optical Storage

120GB

60GB

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1988 1993 Generation 2 1.3GB Generation 1 650MB 1996 Generation 3 2.6GB 1998 Generation 4 5.2GB 2000 Generation 5 9.1GB

Historical 5.25” MO Roadmap

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• 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 40-80-120GB

• 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

Overview

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• 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

Overview

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• $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

opto-mechanical assembly (OMA) based on their

existing MO product - also working on

Blu-ray optical pickups

Development Status

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• 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

Development Status

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Specifications

Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Capacity

Transfer Rate RPM

Avg Seek Time

Numerical Aperture Media Layers

Encoding Sector Size

SCSI Transfer Rate Load Time Unload Time MSBF 30 GB 8 MB/s 2000 RPM 25 msec 0.7 1 1,7 8KB 80 MB/s 5 seconds 3 seconds 750,000 60 GB 12 MB/s 3000 RPM 25 msec 0.7 2 1,7 8KB 80 MB/s 5 seconds 3 seconds 750,000 120 GB 18 MB/s 3600 RPM 25 msec 0.85 2 ML 8KB 80 MB/s 5 seconds 3 seconds 750,000

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Forecast /Drive Market

80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 $100 $90 $80 $70 $60 $50 $40 $30 $20 $10 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Units Revenues

Worldwide High Capacity 5.25” Optical (UDO) Units/Revenue 2003-2007

Source IDC 2001 Tho us an d of U ni ts R_ev en ue (m illio ns )

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Markets/Applications

Applications DVD-R DVD-RAM 5.25” CCW 5.25” MO 12-inch WORM Technologies Data Archiving Voice Recording Medical Imaging Online Publishing Financial Records General Document Management

Investment Banking Storage Management Internet / E-Commerce

Data Warehousing

Critical Records/Doc Management

TeleCom

Legal

E-mail Archive

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2007 2005 2003 Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3

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