Media type Optical disc Usage Long-term data storage | Developed by Sony Corporation | |
Capacity 300 GB, 600 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.5 TB | ||
Optical Disc Archive is a media and hardware technology that was introduced by the Sony Corporation. The technology was publicly announced on 16 April 2012 during the NAB Show with the first units shipping in February 2013.
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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 2Gbps and the write speed (with verification on) to 1Gbps.
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.
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