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Stand Alone Drives
ASTI offers an assortment of optical archive drives for new installations within other computer systems and medical devices, and external optical drives for use on the desktop.
Drives for internal use in current and legacy libraries are available as replacements. Click on one of the images in the sidebar to view that drive type.
Technical experts are available to assist in determining how to continue to protect your existing investments through one of many upgrade and expansion programs.
Archives of any size require enterprise-level security, performance, preservation, and management. The NETArchive for small to medium archives delivers those qualities with an integrated solution that supports up to 48TB of nearline storage with an unlimited capacity for management of offlined media.
All NA-S10 Network Attached solution components operate in synch to deliver high-performance and high-capacity in an optional desktop mini-rack or standard AV rack. System components include the Archive Management Software Pro (AMS Pro), Storage Management System (SMS) with RAID, and a NA-S10 library and drives. Systems can be configured with one or two high performance drives and up to 10 ODA media cartridges.
The NETArchive is a highly scalable solution. With a simple license change, it expands to support 30 media cartridges and a 144TB storage capacity. The NETArchive physical library can then be extended within the same rack with optional add-on library modules and ODA drives, providing support for up to 2.5PB of nearline storage capacity, providing excellent investment protection.
Desktop mini-rack or standard AV rackmount options
Provides a high-speed, high-capacity hardware foundation for archiving large amounts of unstructured data
Simple installation with standard network services (dual 1GB Ethernet)
Integrated server offers superior operational efficiency
Highly reliable, fully automated robotics
Supports 1 or 2 optical ODA Drives
Optional redundant power supply for high availability
Convenient pullout media drawer for fast loading and media exchanges
Up to 48 TB capacity with nearly unlimited offline media management
Highly scalable to meet future capacity and performance needs, scaling up to 2.5PB
Operates in conjunction with other system components including the SMS and AMS
SMS to Drives Connectivity - FibreChannel
Advanced optical drive design with dual optical heads and data channels
High speed 10K+RPM ensures fastest optical transfer speeds
Drives feature multi-platter loading mechanism
AMS Pro
The fully automated Archive Management Software Pro software serves as the central intelligence for the system distinguishing the NETArchive solution through accurate and streamlined data archiving operations. Geared to equal the groundbreaking capabilities of system hardware components, AMS Pro has the power to support FibreChannel communications, up to 96TB of nearline RAID storage, and up to 48TB of nearline data capacity with virtually limitless offline media management.
All data is seamlessly migrated to optical storage media or cloud in accordance with configurable, user-defined policies. The advanced feature set includes options for High Availability Replication, Cloud storage for archiving and offsite backup, and Encryption for increased security.
Key elements of the AMS Pro act as synchronized gears that provide all the capability necessary for proficiently and effectively archiving and retrieving data. These elements, Simplified Operation, Data Management, Security, Proactive Monitoring, Integration, and Business Continuity, blend together to address the pain points and requirements of current IT infrastructures.
The Storage Management System (SMS) is a vital component of Alliance’s fully inclusive NAS based archiving solution and features the latest storage server technology from industry-leading manufacturers. The server provides the high-performance throughput and power required to support scalable data archiving operations.
The 2U server chassis fits neatly into the desktop mini-rack along with other solution components. Designed to manage up to 48TB of nearline data, the SMS accelerates internal operations with a robust hardware configuration that includes up to 96TB RAID Cache, high-speed I/O communications, and the NA-S10 library and up to two ODA optical drives.
Alliance’s high-powered Storage Management System has the hardware speed and functionality to support archiving solutions of any size or capacity.
NA-S10 Libraries are configured with up to two, high-performance ODA drives. The advanced optical drive design features a multi-platter loading mechanism and quad optical heads and 8 data channels for faster reads and writes. Drives directly connect with the SMS via 8Gb FibreChannel communications, ensuring the fastest speeds possible.
The library supports up to ten, protected ODA media cartridges that prevent human contact with actual media. The cartridges are loaded into the library via a convenient pullout drawer that enables rapid access and exchange. Library robotics include a fully automated media transport assembly that moves cartridges between slots and drives.
An optional redundant power supply is available for high-availability.
The diagram provides a high level overview of the NA-S10 solution configuration and interconnect including network, AMS, SMS, drives and library.
NETArchive Express, Entry Level Archive Solution
Designed specifically for small to medium sized businesses and organizations, the NETArchive Express (NAE) is ASTI's lowest profile Network Attached Storage (NAS) device offering a large archiving solution within a small package. The NAE is functionally similar to the standard NETArchive only without the automated library robotics, and includes RAID, archive management software, and a single NETArchive Optical ODA drive for writing to archiving media.
The NAE is specifically designed for those organizations that require a smaller optical archive or require cloud based archives of any size.
NAE combines the latest technology components which operate in synchronous to deliver high-performance and scalable capacity in a single standard rack. System components include the Archive Management Software Pro (AMS Pro), Storage Management System (SMS) with up to 96TB of RAID, and an ODA optical drive.
Provides a high-speed, high-capacity foundation for archiving large amounts of unstructured data
Excellent archiving solution for cloud-based archives, with high speed access to the most recent data
An optical ODA drive provides immutable compliant archive storage
Optional cloud connectivity to Microsoft Azure or Amazon S3 provide unlimited archive storage scalability
Compact size optimized for an office environment
No special environmental conditions required
Desktop mini-rack or standard rackmount options
Simple installation with standard network services (dual 1GB Ethernet)
Intgrated server offers superior operational efficiency
Optional redundant power supply for high availability
Fully integrated SMS platform provides the power for the AMS Pro Archive Management Software
SMS to Drive Connectivity - SuperSpeed USB 3.2
Advanced optical ODA drive design with quad optical heads and multiple data channels
High speed 10K+RPM ensures fastest optical transfer speeds
Drives feature multi-platter loading mechanism
AMS Pro
The fully automated Archive Management Software Pro software serves as the central intelligence for the system distinguishing the NETArchive solution through accurate and streamlined data archiving operations. Geared to equal the groundbreaking capabilities of system hardware components, AMS Pro has the power to support up to 96TB of nearline RAID storage, nearly unlimited data archive storage capacities, whether on optical media or in the cloud.
All data is seamlessly migrated to optical storage media or cloud in accordance with configurable, user-defined policies. The advanced feature set includes options for High Availability Replication, Cloud storage for archiving and offsite backup, and Encryption for increased security.
Key elements of the AMS Pro act as synchronized gears that provide all the capability necessary for proficiently and effectively archiving and retrieving data. These elements, Simplified Operation, Data Management, Security, Proactive Monitoring, Integration, and Business Continuity, blend together to address the pain points and requirements of current IT infrastructures.
The Storage Management System (SMS) is a vital component of Alliance’s fully inclusive NAS based archiving solution and features the latest storage server technology from industry-leading manufacturers. The server provides the high-performance throughput and power required to support scalable data archiving operations.
The 2U server chassis fits neatly into the desktop mini-rack or a standard rack. The SMS accelerates internal operations with a robust hardware configuration that includes up to 96TB RAID Cache, high-speed I/O communications, and an USB SuperSpeed 3.2 connected ODA optical drive.
Alliance’s high-powered Storage Management System has the hardware speed and functionality to support archiving solutions of any size or capacity.
The diagram provides a high level overview of the NETArchive Express solution configuration and interconnect including network, AMS, SMS, and ODA optical drive and cloud archive storage.
Alliance has developed a comprehensive archiving needs assessment that facilitates the process of determining the features and functions needed for your operation. Contact Alliance today to find out more 719.593.7900.
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HIPAA Compliance at a Reasonable Cost
“Ensuring that we could provide a PACS archive solution that helps customers meet HIPAA compliance at a reasonable cost was a critical requirement. This was guaranteed with the performance, longevity, and authenticity of the UDO Archive Appliance.” – Lenny Reznik, Director Enterprise Imaging and Information, Agfa Healthcare
Retrieval Time Went from Days to Seconds
“Our major issue was time lost chasing documents. With the implementation of the archive solution, retrieval times went from DAYS to SECONDS.”
--Tony Libri, Sangamon County Circuit Clerk, Sangamon County Ciruit Clerk's Office
NETArchive Solution for Small to Medium Archives 
The fully automated Archive Management Software Pro software serves as the central intelligence for the system distinguishing the NETArchive solution through accurate and streamlined data archiving operations. Geared to equal the groundbreaking capabilities of system hardware components, AMS Pro has the power to support FibreChannel communications, up to 96TB of nearline RAID storage, and up to 48TB of nearline data capacity with virtually limitless offline media management.
The Storage Management System (SMS) is a vital component of Alliance’s fully inclusive NAS based archiving solution and features the latest storage server technology from
