Plasmon has traditionally provided professional archive storage solutions through their G-Series Optical Libraries, supporting both Ultra Density Optical (UDO) and Magneto Optical storage. The UDO Desktop Drive from Plasmon now brings this technology to the PC desktop user. The drive is based on the Blue-laser technology and supports Plasmon's UDO media with capacities of 30GB for both Write Once and Rewritable formats. The Desktop Drive is targeted at small office or departmental applications while there have also been installations of Desktop Drives in combination with library configurations.

We used the drive over a period of 3 months, putting it through its paces and consider it to be a very good solution for small businesses requiring a reliable backup or archiving solution. The drive is not cheap, but according to Plasmon's Archival Storage Total Cost of Ownership Analysis, UDO is one of the most cost effective technologies, especially in terms of maintenance and operation over a long period of time, while also being one of the most reliable.

A very important plus is the fact that as needs dictate, a business can easily upgrade from the Desktop Drive to the G-Series libraries which can accommodate capacities ranging from 720GB up to 19.1TB.

Plasmon also has a number of very interesting case studies available, as well as partner solutions which cover almost any type of archival and backup need.