Pegasus announces support for Plasmon’s 30GB, UDO drives and libraries
Pegasus announced that its InveStore, Microsoft® Windows 2000 and XP based Storage
Management Software will be among the first software managers to support Plasmon 30
GB Ultra Density Optical (UDO) drives and libraries.
InveStore provides transparent drive letter access and a developer API for Plasmon
optical solutions operating in Windows XP and 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced
Server, and Datacenter Server environments.
"The new Plasmon 30GB UDO drives and libraries offer a 230 percent increased capacity and a 33 percent better transfer rate than previous generation optical products. This is the biggest capacity jump in 20 years of optical innovation. The archival market has been has been looking for this kind of capacity and performance jump since the release of 14x Magneto Optical (MO) technology.
With the new capacity and performance enhancements, UDO clearly addresses regulatory compliance and other archival market opportunities. Combined with Pegasus software management controls for Microsoft Windows NT, 2000 and XP operating platform, UDO provides high capacity storage security and reliability for applications in regulated markets demanding write-once storage," explains Roy Slicker, Pegasus President and CEO.
Using Pegasus InveStore, customers have the ability to support existing legacy hardware side by side with new UDO hardware and to provide a software bridge between the technologies. Paired with applications such as data lifecycle management, email archiving, medical imaging, and voice and video data recording, InveStore Storage Management Software gives users the power to share, organize and safeguard vital corporate knowledge while meeting the requirements set forth by the SEC, HIPPA, FDA and other regulating bodies. Support for UDO drives and libraries will be included in version 4.12 of the software.
"The new Plasmon 30GB UDO drives and libraries offer a 230 percent increased capacity and a 33 percent better transfer rate than previous generation optical products. This is the biggest capacity jump in 20 years of optical innovation. The archival market has been has been looking for this kind of capacity and performance jump since the release of 14x Magneto Optical (MO) technology.
With the new capacity and performance enhancements, UDO clearly addresses regulatory compliance and other archival market opportunities. Combined with Pegasus software management controls for Microsoft Windows NT, 2000 and XP operating platform, UDO provides high capacity storage security and reliability for applications in regulated markets demanding write-once storage," explains Roy Slicker, Pegasus President and CEO.
Using Pegasus InveStore, customers have the ability to support existing legacy hardware side by side with new UDO hardware and to provide a software bridge between the technologies. Paired with applications such as data lifecycle management, email archiving, medical imaging, and voice and video data recording, InveStore Storage Management Software gives users the power to share, organize and safeguard vital corporate knowledge while meeting the requirements set forth by the SEC, HIPPA, FDA and other regulating bodies. Support for UDO drives and libraries will be included in version 4.12 of the software.
