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K-PAR

K-PAR’s Archive Management Software, ArchiMedia, is an integrated product designed to provide all the functionality needed to drive a CD or Optical library system as a long term archive device.K-PAR’s Archive Management Software, ArchiMedia, is an integrated product designed to provide all the functionality needed to drive a CD or Optical library system as a long term archive device.

By hiding the low level robotics and performance issues from the user, the system makes it easy to access the enormous storage capacity of jukeboxes in a network environment. ArchMedia runs in both a UNIX and NT environment.

At the heart of ArchiMedia is K-PAR's extended File System (XFS) software which allows any number of discs to be logically combined to make a "media family" which can then be treated as a single file system. The user can thus read/write to this XFS volume rather than each individual disc. An XFS is only mounted once thus saving considerable time during the startup process.

Each disc in the set is an integral unit and can therefore be removed from the jukebox and read using a standalone drive if necessary. The key to the Archmedia XFS is the WORM file system across both UNIX an NT operating systems.

The complete package includes all the required device drivers, graphical user interfaces, installation script and user documentation. Users under a software maintenance contract receive free upgrades.

Features

  • On-line cache of all directory and control information for fast lookup functions.
  • Hard disk caching of user data, before being flushed and on subsequent reads.
  • Data stored in the cache is always assumed to be the most up to date.
  • Cache data is stored using the host Operating System's native file system, minimizing the risk of data loss.
  • All robotics and configuration details are hidden from the end-user.
  • Graphical User Interface to create, configure and administrate the ArchMedia file system. Windows-based tools are provided for the system manager to install, configure and monitor the system.
  • Use of the industry standard NFS interface allows the archive jukebox to be used as a network resource.


Supported Operating Systems

  • SunOS
  • Solaris V2.x
  • Irix V5.3, 6.x
  • Windows NT (Intel only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

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