Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site felix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!scgvaxd!pertec!felix!zemon From: zemon@felix.UUCP (Art Zemon) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: laser disks and massive cheap storage Message-ID: <380@felix.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 13:42:47 EDT Article-I.D.: felix.380 Posted: Tue Oct 9 13:42:47 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 01:24:04 EDT References: <80@harvard.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, Ca. Lines: 56 Keywords: laser disks Summary: FileNet builds laser disk storage systems harvard!crane crane@harvard.ARPA (Greg Crane) writes: > What is the actual current state of laser disks out there? Does anybody > have any first hand experience with them? Who is offering them? How > big and how expensive? How slow are the access and transfer rates? > Any predictions about when they will be ready? We (FileNet Corporation) build a laser disk storage device called an OSAR(tm) library -- Optical disk Storage and Retrieval library. This is a jukebox type machine holding up to 64 optical disks and up to four optical disk drives. Single sided disks hold one gigabyte; double sided hold two gigabytes. The capacity of the OSAR library is 128 Gb. Access time to a mounted disk is four seconds. Access time to an unmounted disk is twelve seconds. Transfer rates are comparable to that of large hard disk drives. Prices start at $85,000 for quantity one. You can send us your check now. Our sales staff can give you a delivery date. > My specific applications call for massive amounts of on-line storage, and > occasional spikes of CPU intensive work (mostly looking up > things in inverted indices, but occasional linear searches of > one to several hundred mbytes of text). We also build a complete FileNet(tm) Document-Image Processor which uses up to eight OSAR libraries for back-end storage. The system consists of a number of 68010s running Unix and communicating over an Ethernet. Rather than ASCII terminals, access is via an Integrated Workstation consisting of a 68010 (running Unix, of course) and a 20" bit-mapped display, windows, mouse, etc. The Document-Image Processor stores images of paper documents in addition to ASCII textual matter. I hope this whets your curiosity. Rather than clutter up net.unix-wizards with more of this, however, write either to me via electronic mail or to our marketing department via US Mail: FileNet Corporation Marketing Department 1575 Corporate Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (714)966-2344 I wish I had seen your request a week ago. We just got done displaying the system at Info 84 in New York and you could have seen it there. ---------- OSAR and FileNet are trademarks of FileNet Corporation. -- -- Art Zemon FileNet Corp. ...! {decvax, ihnp4, ucbvax} !trwrb!felix!zemon