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MagnaVault makes it look like all the optical media in
your jukebox are mounted, and transparently schedules access to the optical
drives. This means that your
application software does not need to know that there is a jukebox
behind the scenes; instead, you can simply access data using the same system
calls and utilities
that you would normally use.
MagnaVault allows you to mount both erasable and WORM
media without the massive platter-changing overhead you might expect on
a jukebox. A magnetic
disk-based, cached database contains all the optical inode & metadata
(directory & file attribute information) that is used for all directory
operations and file
lookups.
MagnaVault also uses a tunable file migration scheme to
speed access to your data. Once you access a file within a specific directory,
MagnaVault rolls in a
portion of each file in that directory, providing continuous access
and maximizes overall drive transfer rates. MagnaVault is
also capable of operating all drives in a
jukebox simultaneously to provide astounding aggregate data transfer
rates.
MagnaVault includes our Magna stand-alone
optical drive software that supports autoconfiguring of multiple SCSI bus
targets and luns, and 512, 1024, or 2048
sector size compatibility.
FEATURES:
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Transparent Optical Jukebox Software Interface Providing Concurrent Erasable,
WORM And CD-ROM Support Under A Single Server License
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Unlimited NFS Client Access, No Client-Side Licensing
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Spannable Media Surfaces & Jukeboxes
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Provides Single Or Multiple Mount Points
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Self Describing Media
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HSM Level-1 Magnetic Disk Caching Within Native Server File System
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Appears As Standard File System - Supports Application System Calls &
Databases
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File Systems Can Be Exported As A Single NFS Mount Point, Path Name or
Drive Letter
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Supports Multi-Processor Environments
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Supports Concurrent Access To UFS, BFS, WFS & HRFS File System Format
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Includes AutoJuke CLI Jukebox Management Tool
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Inter-Platform Media Transportability
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Scalable Server Licensing By Total Number Of Storage Elements (Slots/Drives)
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Runs As User Level Process - No VFS Layer
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Tunable Data Prefetching, Drive Hang/Hog Times & Jukebox Scheduling
Parameters
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2 Terabyte Single File System Views (BFS & WFS)
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Offline File Tracking
Supported Platforms:
Tracer Software supports a wide variety of platforms from all the major
providers of commercial unix platforms:
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DEC / Digital Unix
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HP / HP-UX
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IBM / AIX
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SGI / IRIX
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Sun / Solaris
Supported Devices:
Tracer Software supports a huge range of optical, CD and Tape devices,
both standalone and jukebox. Manufacturers include...
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DEC
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DISC
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Fujitsu
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Hitachi
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HP
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IBM
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JVC
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Matsushita
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MaxOptix
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Panasonic
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Phillips
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Pioneer
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Pinnacle
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Plasmon
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Plextor
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Sony
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...and many more!
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