UDO Overview
Professional Archival Storage

Based on high density, blue laser recording technology, UDO (Ultra Density Optical) is the standard for professional archival storage. Second-generation 60GB UDO2 delivers all the traditional strengths you expect from optical storage including record authenticity and media longevity, but at a dramatically higher capacity with much lower acquisition and operating costs.
UDO archive technology lies at the heart of Plasmon’s UDO Archive Appliance and G-Series library solutions, which are designed for demanding archive requirements.  Thousands of organizations worldwide rely on a UDO Archive Appliance or G-Series library as the foundation for their archival storage strategy and to optimize their storage infrastructure.  UDO archive solutions have been deployed in an impressive range of business environments.

• Banking, Insurance and Financial Services
• Medical Imaging and Administration
• Government and Public Authorities
• Security and Surveillance
• Legal and Law Enforcement
• Biotech and Pharmaceutical
• Engineering and Design
• Manufacturing and Construction
• Retail and Entertainment
• Broadcast and Publishing

UDO media is available in WORM (Write Once Read Many) and Rewritable media formats. UDO WORM media enables regulatory compliance, best practice and audit trail management and is ideal for your applications that require records be archived in a non-erasable format for legal admissibility. UDO Rewritable media is used for more general archive requirements that demand data longevity while allowing older records to be erased and media space reused.

Unlike magnetic disk and tape
storage, removable UDO media tolerates a wide range of environmental conditions and can be safely stored for many years in a typical office environment making it an ideal option for low cost disaster recovery.  A highly stable Phase Change recording technology delivers media life in excess of 50 years, minimizing the frequency of data migration and virtually eliminating media maintenance. UDO is the technology of choice for archive applications that demand proven media longevity and secure data authenticity at a very low Total Cost of Ownership.

UDO technology is also designed for the future with a roadmap that includes 120GB and 240GB media capacities.  As with past generations, all new technology is backward read compatible to ensure long-term data access and to maximize your investment protection.