Panasonic and RAIDIX Update Optical Disc Library for Long-Term Storage of Digital Archives

September 3, 2019 — Panasonic LB-DH7 robotic library employing optical discs corresponds to the needs of archive funds, museums, libraries, research centers, and other data-rich facilities worldwide that are constantly looking for long-term storage solutions. Comparing to widespread LTO storage, Scalable Optical Disc Library stores digital data at lower cost and is more reliable, preserving cultural assets and advance academic archives.

Optical discs in Panasonic LB-DH7 are assembled in the special waterproof cartridges, resistant to mechanical damages, sun exposure, and temperature changes. Compared to the previous version of the library, Archival Discs cartridges are now 3.6 Tb each. Against LTO technology, read and write operations are executed with no electromagnetic and mechanical contact with the surface of the discs. Robotic technology by Panasonic allows the modular building of the library and makes it easy to scale the solution according to the changing tasks and requirements in storage capacity.

Meeting new hardware architecture of the solution, RAIDIX team has issued a new release of RAIDIX RASP software (RAIDIX Archival Solutions for Panasonic). It merges methods of storage, ideal for both cold and hot data, into one united complex. RAIDIX RASP software allows synchronization of the archive library with existing customer IT infrastructure and provides easy-to-use library management interface.

Our cooperation with RAIDIX has been blooming since 2016, and we highly appreciate this professional software team creating and supporting software solutions for Panasonic storage. We thrive to perfect functionality of our systems together with our partner to exceed the expectations of the market, comments Evgeny Karpov, Head of Data Safety and Data Storage Department, Panasonic Russia.

RAIDIX team also gives the highest ratings to results of the cooperation and sees great perspectives of the joint storage solution worldwide.

About Panasonic

Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development of diverse electronics technologies and solutions for customers in the consumer electronics, housing, automotive, and B2B businesses. The company, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2018, has expanded globally and now operates 582 subsidiaries and 87 associated companies worldwide, recording consolidated net sales of 8.003 trillion yen for the year ended March 31, 2019. Committed to pursuing new value through innovation across divisional lines, the company uses its technologies to create a better life and a better world for its customers. To learn more about Panasonic: http://www.panasonic.com/ru

About RAIDIX

RAIDIX (www.raidix.com) develops software for data storage systems management. RAIDIX software is the perfect tool for accelerating workflow in enterprise businesses, video production companies and HPC.

Source: Panasonic and RAIDIX