Professional Internal and Desktop External Optical Drives for Archival Storage
ASTI’s UDO drives are engineered specifically for the demanding requirements of professional archival storage environments. Extremely high duty cycles provide reliable and long-term use. Rapid seek times and fast read/write speeds ensure access to valuable archived data in seconds.
ASTI offers both Internal Drives for use in automated libraries, and stand-alone Desktop Drives for small businesses and individual departments.
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ASTI’s UDO Desktop Drives bring professional archival storage to small office and departmental environments at an affordable price. Legal and accounting firms, engineering and design offices, publishing houses, healthcare facilities, and many other businesses will benefit from the high-capacity, performance, and reliability of UDO Desktop Drives.
The UDO Desktop Drive includes everything necessary to start archiving valuable information. The package includes a UDO external optical drive in a desktop enclosure, external power supply, interface/power cables, and software drivers for Windows™ and Linux™ operating systems.
UDO Desktop Drives are available in 30GB UDO1 and 60GB UDO2 configurations.
UDO Internal Drives
UDO Internal Drive packages include a conventional UDO drive, but without an external enclosure or power supply. Using an industry standard half-height form factor, the UDO Internal Drive is designed for easy installation into automated libraries, computer servers, and specialized peripheral devices such as medical imaging equipment, digital recording devices, and document scanners.
The UDO Internal Drive provides an ideal solution for fully integrated applications and hardware solutions that require secure data archiving with the benefits of a robust removable media. UDO Internal Drives are delivered with or without software drivers for Windows® and Linux™, and are available individually or as an OEM product. UDO internal drives are available in 30GB UDO1 and 60GB UDO2 configurations.
Specifications
UDO2 Internal and Desktop Drive Specification Summary
Media Load Time
5 sec
Media Unload Time
3 sec
Average Seek Time
35 msec
Buffer Memory
32MB
Max Sustained Transfer Rate - Read
12 MB/s
Max Sustained Transfer Rate -Write
6 MB/s (with verification)
MSBF - Mean Swap Between Failure
> 750,000 load/unload cycles
MTBF - Mean Time Between Failure
> 100,000 hours
Interface
Wide Ultra 2 LVD SCSI or USB 2.0
Features & Benefits
Performance Optimized for Archiving: The access and read/write performance of UDO drives is optimized for archive requirements. A 35 ms seek time combined with a maximum sustained read speed of 12 MB/sec delivers very fast random access to data.
Simple Integration: ASTI optical disk drives use an industry-standard half-height form factor. They offer simple integration into robotic libraries and computer systems as either an Internal Drive or externally as a stand-alone Desktop Drive.
Investment Protection: Compatibility with ASTI’s UDO Archive Appliance and G-Series libraries provides a non-disruptive upgrade path as archive requirements increase.
Unmatched Media Longevity: UDO media is designed for a 50+ year life-span minimizing data movement frequency, virtually eliminating media maintenance, and lowering costs.
Flexibility: UDO Desktop Drives support both WORM and Rewritable UDO media formats
