Optical Disc Archive

Optical Disc Archival Disc
Media type Optical disc
Capacity Up to 3.3 TB
Developed by Sony Corporation
Usage Long-term data storage
Released 2013

Optical Disc Archive is a storage technology that was introduced by the Sony Corporation. It uses removable cartridges, where each cartridge holds 12 optical discs. Each of the internal optical discs is similar to, but not compatible with, a Blu-ray disc. The latest version of the cartridge, that has a total capacity of about 3.3TB, uses discs that hold about 300GB each. The technology was publicly announced [1] on 16 April 2012 during the NAB Show with the first units shipping in February 2013.

Media

ProductIntroducedCapacity (GB)Write Type
ODC300R2013300Write-Once
ODC300RE2013300Rewritable
ODC600R2013600Write-Once
ODC600RE2013600Rewritable
ODC1200RE20131200Rewritable
ODC1500R20131500Write-Once
ODC3300R20163300Write-Once

Hardware

ProductIntroducedCategoryMaximum Number of DrivesNumber of Slots
ODS-D55U2013Stand Alone Drive1N/A
ODS-D77U2014Stand Alone Drive1N/A
ODS-L102013Small Library210
ODS-L30M2014Library Master230
ODS-L60E2014Library Extender461
ODS-L100E2014Library Extender0101

Roadmap

Generation 2 of the Optical Disc Archive technology is scheduled for mid-2016. Generation 2 will increase the cartridge capacity to 3.6TB, the read speed to 2Gbit/s and the write speed (with verification on) to 1Gbit/s.


Media Roadmap

Sony Corporation and Panasonic Corporation on announced on 10 March 2014 their cooperation in producing a new media trademarked as Archival disc. The Archival disc media will be used in future Optical Disc Archive Media to achieve at least 6TB of storage.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sony Moves Industry toward the Creation of New Mass-Storage Optical Disc Archive Solutions" (Press release). Sony Corporation. 2012-04-16.
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