1. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Archival Storage Technologies and Strategies Dieter Finke Director of Sales TerraLink IT Summit

2. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Plasmon Storage Portfolio Connectivity Software G-Series Libraries Powered by UDO RAID Storage - NAS / SCSI / FC Optical Drives and Media

3. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Archival Storage Market Drivers Compliance –Industry regulations Risk Management –Corporate polices to avoid / mitigate litigation Competitive Advantage –Maximizing data use Necessity Fear Gain

4. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Storage Business Objectives Primary Storage –Availability for business critical applications and active data Backup –Short-term protection against system failure or data loss Disaster Recovery –Protection against infrastructure or site failure Archival Storage –Long-term secure storage of static data

5. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Tiered Storage Architecture CreateModify / Access Days - WeeksWeeks - MonthsYears - Decades Archive Backup Days - Months Requirements High Media Capacity High Performance Streaming Low Storage Cost per GB Requirements Uninterrupted Availability High Performance Read/Write Access Requirements Data Authenticity Extended Data Longevity Rapid Random Read Access Low Total Cost of Ownership Active Disaster Recovery Days - Months Archive Disaster Recovery Years - Decades Requirements Mirroring / Replication Rapid and Effective Failover Low Cost per GB and Operating Cost

6. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Tiered Storage Architecture CreateModify / Access Days - WeeksWeeks - MonthsYears - Decades Archive High Performance RAID Mirrored / Replicated UDO Archive Disaster Recovery Years - Decades Backup Days - Months Tape or Low Cost Disk Active Disaster Recovery Days - Months Mirrored / Replicated RAID

7. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS What is UDO ? Unmatched Data Life –Very stable non-magnetic media - 50 year media life Unquestioned Record Authenticity –Physical true WORM data recording Scalable Capacity with Automated Libraries –Plasmon libraries range from 1TB to 19TB Fast Random Access –35 msec seek, < 10 sec library access Removable Media –Flexible, low cost expansion and disaster recovery Secure Technology Roadmap –Backward compatible future generations Long-term Support Philosophy –Drive, media and library support Designed for Archival Storage

8. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Meeting Diverse Archive Business Needs Rewritable Allows deletion and modification of data UDO Media Formats True Write Once Prevents any form of data modification Compliant Write Once Prevents data modification Permits data destruction

9. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS UDO Technology Roadmap

10. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Archival Storage Technologies Archival Storage Attributes True Write Once Media Removable Media Professional Quality Media Longevity Media Capacity Seek / Access Speed Total Cost of Ownership WORM Tape No Yes Med High Low WORM RAID No Yes Low Med/High High DVD Yes No High Low UDO Yes High Medium Low Data Destruction NoYesNoYes

11. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS TCO Analysis – Result Summary Plasmon Archival Storage TCO Analysis version 3.0

12. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Customer Case Studies How are customers using Optical Storage?

13. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Coal Authority Customer Profile –UK public authority founded in 1994 –Coal mine licensing –Property management and liability claims –Public access to mining operation information Archive Requirements –Technical and historical records –Wide range of format and document sizes –Most records need to be retained indefinitely –Necessity to demonstrate record authenticity –Total archive capacity greater than 120TB

14. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Coal Authority Architecture Off-site Disaster Recovery Off-line Archive Hardcopy Output & Electronic Access Document & Large Format Scanners Short-term RAID Storage Apple Power Mac G5s MO and Online Archive Archive Server

15. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Deutsche Bank - London Company Profile –Leading global investment bank –€ 992 billion in assets Archive Requirements –London based archive management group –Stock trading transactions and reports –Large number of small documents –SEC 17a-4 regulatory compliance –Necessity to demonstrate record authenticity –Typical retention period of 5 - 7 years –Total archive capacity greater than 40TB

16. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Deutsche Bank Architecture Off-site Disaster Recovery Trading Floor Financial Analysts Short-term Archive Global User Access WAN Long-term Archive Archive Server G-Series Library AMASS

17. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Medizinische Hochschule Hanover Company Profile –One of Germany’s leading teaching hospitals –3,000 medical students each year –1,400 beds with 200,000 yearly patient visits Archive Requirements –Medical images and patient records –German medical records regulations –Typical retention is longer than patient life –Necessity to demonstrate record authenticity –Total archive capacity greater than 10TB

18. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS MHH Architecture Off-site Archive Medical Imaging Scanners Primary Storage Centricity PACS Server Secondary Archive WAN Hospital Image Users

19. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS UDO Archive Appliance Hybrid Optical and Disk Technology The performance of RAID with the unmatched longevity and authenticity of UDO Network Attached Archival Storage Solution

20. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Saudi Arabian MOI Company Profile –Ministry of Interior - Civil Affairs Department –Saudi citizens ID archiving –10,000 employees at 56 locations Archive Requirements –19 million document archive –ID cards in TIFF format –Growth rate 10% per year –Access patterns - Up to 350 concurrent users –Long-term secure retention policy Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior

21. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS MOI Architecture Document Capture Content Management Riyadh Mirrored Gx72 Libraries WAN Gx24 Library FileNet Content Management 47 Regional Offices Across the Country

22. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Items GmbH Company Profile –Regional IT service provider –SAP integration, hosting, consultancy & process services –145 employees in 4 northern German locations Archive Requirements –Current archive 1TB with the ability to scale –Unstructured records in TIFF, JPEG and PDF formats –250 users - 50-60 concurrent users –Need to physically isolate customer data

23. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS items Architecture MO Libraries Hosted Services Customer Access Primary Storage WAN Archived Data G-Series Libraries Migrated Data Off-line Media Disaster Recovery

24. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS UDO Technology Advantages Unmatched Data Life –Very stable non-magnetic media - 50 year media life Unquestioned Record Authenticity –Physical true WORM data recording Scalable Capacity with Automated Libraries –Plasmon libraries range from 1TB to 19TB Fast Random Access –35 msec seek, < 10 sec library access Removable Media –Flexible, low cost expansion and disaster recovery Secure Technology Roadmap –Backward compatible future generations Long-term Support Philosophy –Drive, media and library support Designed for Archival Storage

25. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS G-Series Libraries Gx24 / Gx32 720GB to 1TB 1 - 2 Drives Gx134 / Gx164 / Gx174 5TB to 5.2TB 2 - 6 Drives G164 / G238 5TB to 7TB 2 - 12 Drives G438 13TB 2 - 12 Drives G638 19TB 2 - 12 Drives Gx72 / Gx80 2.2 TB to 2.4TB 2 - 4 Drives Entry Level Midrange Enterprise

26. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS UDO Archive Appliance Product Line AA32 170GB Cache 1TB Capacity AA80e 2TB Cache 2.4TB Capacity AA174 170GB Cache 5TB Capacity AA238 7TB Capacity AA438 13TB Capacity AA638 19TB Capacity AA80 170GB Cache 2.4TB Capacity AA174e 2TB Cache 5TB Capacity Entry Level Midrange Enterprise 170GB or 2TB Cache

27. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Reference Material White Papers and Articles on Archival Storage Archival Storage TCO Analysis Archive Security in a Tiered Storage Environment The Risks of Archiving on Tape Storage Ecosystem Modeling Compliant Write Once Media Technology Optical Disk Technology Overview

28. PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS Thank you… Dieter Finke Director of Sales +49 (0)8751 8751 22 - Office +49 (0)173 293 1155 - Mobile dfinke@plasmon.co.uk