DISC Increases Library Storage Capacity With Integration of New 5.2 GB Optical Disk Drives.MILPITAS, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--June 15, 1998--DISC, Incorporated (NASDAQ: DCSR DCSR - Defense Supply Center Richmond (Richmond, VA) DCSR - Deputy Chief of Staff for Recruiting DCSR - Digital Crime Scene Reconstruction DCSR - Display and Control/Storage and Retrieval) today announced support of 5.2 GB optical drives from Sony in its optical library See optical disk library. systems (jukeboxes). Each drive provides users with 5.2 GB of storage on 5.25-inch rewritable and write-once disks - twice the storage available on previous-generation drives. Up to 32 drives and as many as 1,050 disks can be accommodated in DISC's new ORION series of automated storage libraries for a total of 5.4 TB of storage. DISC's existing jukeboxes can be upgraded in the field to support the new high-capacity drives while continuing to use their existing 2.6 GB drives and media, thereby protecting customers' investments in their information storage systems. The new drives also read 650 MB optical disks A direct access disk written and read by light. CD, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and DVD-Video are read-only optical disks that are recorded at the time of manufacture and cannot be erased. CD-R, DVD-R, WORM and magneto-optic (in WORM mode) disks are write-once. They are recorded in the user's environment, but cannot be erased. CR-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and MO disks are rewritable. Rewritable disks use either magneto-optic (MO) or phase change technology. in both 1,024 and 512 bytes per sector formats. Product Features When used in conjunction with 5.2 GB media, the 5.2 GB drives offer 8x read and write speeds, average access time of 25 ms and data transfer rates between 2.2 and 4.6 Mbytes/second. These drives are made for high duty cycle (1) A machine's rated capacity to continuously perform work under normal conditions. It generally applies to mechanical devices such as printers, in which case it would indicate the number of pages that can be printed per month without a problem. (2) The ratio of a device operating versus cooling down. An 80% duty cycle means that it is capable of running 80% of a specified time period and turned off for the remainder. usage with reliability ratings of 750,000 Mean Swaps Between Failure (MSBF MSBF - Mean Swaps Between Failure MSBF - Melbourne School Bands Festival (Australia) MSBF - Michigan State Bar Foundation.) DISC jukeboxes have a reliability rating of greater than 2,000,000 MSBF. The increased capacity of the 5.2 GB drives reduces the cost per gigabyte (GB) of optical storage and allows customers to double their storage capacity in the same space requirements. This is important to the growing market of high-capacity storage libraries. Price and Availability DISC's ORION series of storage libraries are now available with 5.2 GB (ANSI-, ISO, and ECMA ECMA - European Computer Manufacturers Association ECMA - E-Currency Merchants Association ECMA - East Coast Music Academy ECMA - East Coast Music Association ECMA - East Coast Music Awards (Canada) ECMA - Egyptian Capital Market Association ECMA - Engineering College Magazines Associated ECMA - Erie Civic Music Association ECMA - Ethiopian Community Mutual Association ECMA - European Carton Makers Association-standard) optical disk drives through DISC's worldwide sales channels, including OEMs, system integrators, VARs and distributors. Prices vary depending on the model and media capacity. About DISC DISC is the industry leader in high-capacity automated 5.25-inch magneto-optical and CD optical disk storage libraries. DISC manufactures products ranging in capacity from 150 to over 1,450 cartridges in several models, many of which are field upgradable to higher capacities. All models share a common architecture and modular design oriented toward high-performance and reliability. DISC's libraries are sold worldwide with systems solutions by OEMs, system integrators, VARs and distributors. DISC Headquarters - (800) 944-3472 or (408) 934-7000 http://www.discjuke.com
CONTACT: DISC, Incorporated
Ron Reynolds/Suzy Andrade, 408/934-7000
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