Sony ODA

Delivering results across industries

Sony Optical Disc Archive sets the benchmark with its speed, reliability and dependable access.
Together with its seamless scalability and low ownership costs, Sony ODA is the winning choice
for secure data management and protection, across industries and across time.
Built to perform
under extreme
environments
The importance We are living in a digital era. While there are myriad
Video of timeless data benefits of going digital, it also has presented us
with what seems like an insurmountable problem
Archiving
management – an ever-increasing volume of digital data. From
broadcasters to hospitals, museums to IoT-driven

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businesses, the need for long-term management,
Can your data withstand changes to
the environment and technology for archiving and retrieving data-heavy assets
Secure Data
the next 30 years? efficiently has become a pressing issue.
Management Not anymore. Quicker than tape, and more reliable

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Is your data
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cost-efficient?
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National Archiving ODS-L100E Extension Unit
accidentally deleting a file, a Data Loss Hardware
(Cartridage Only) User Error Reason Malfunction
virus attack, a complete system 26% 56%
shutdown or a hard drive failure.
Choosing the right data storage
workflow is the only way to Source: Ontrack Data Recovery
www.ontrack.co.uk/understandingdataloss
ODS-D280U ODS-D380U
ODC-3300R ODC-5500R
protect and extend the life of
Data Center your valuable assets.

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Introduced in 2000, Linear Tape Open
(LTO) is the preferred data storage media
across the world. LTO has many benefits
as a high-capacity open format, but also
HDD
life if not stored properly. Another issue Hard Disk Drives (HDD) are often just to main a common standard and +100
years
with LTO is that it relies on linear access, prone to crashes and require periodic compatibility? Eventually, as drives
which means frequent fast-forwarding to data protection and data migration. and interfaces reach end of life, your
access your selected data will inevitably Tape HDDs become30 impossible to replace

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its drawbacks. In particular, tape corrosion, scratch the tape’s surface and over time Can you imagine replacing hundreds and you’re back to square one looking
slow mounting/eject time and poor shelf deplete its readability and reliability. of data drives in your organization for a more efficient storage system.
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Better choice, better solution Sony Optical Disc Archive employs an entirely new and revolutionary disc-based storage
system. It involves the use of multiple bare discs contained
HDD 15K rpm within a very robust cartridge

Sony Optical Disc Archive and a dedicated disc drive unit with an associated software driver that is able to manipulate
(Portable)

the discs individually – providing a seamless read/write capability for generations.

Blue-ray 12x

DVD 16x
0 50 100 150 200 250 300

TOUGHER STRONGER Based on general models

Disc Changer Mechanism
(MB/s)

Storage till Armageddon Random access File Access Speed

• Uses new generation high-capacity optical disc • Random access, find files in an instant 25 Optical Disc Archive
Mount
‘Archival Disc’ +100 30 LTO (LTFS Format)
years • Non-contact read/write technology, does not
• Multiple bare discs contained within a very harm the disc surface File Access 27
robust cartridge (MAX) 100
Tape 30 • No linear access limitation World’s first 8-channel
• More than 100 years lifespan by ISO-based years 10
Eject optical drive unit
acceleration testing • Play 4K video direct from disc (MAX) 124
• No special storage requirements 5
Hard Disc years
25 50 75 100 125 (Sec)
*Using the ODC600RE cartridge based on internal testing

0 year 50 years 100 years

SAFER LONGER 10 years 20 years

Disaster tolerance Low TCO and migration-free Tape

• Durable and resilient in a wide range of
environmental conditions
Temperature Humidity • Extremely low TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
• Today’s media will always be readable on tomorrow’s
• Water disaster resistant
• Readable more than one million times
-10~55 C 3 % ~90 %RH ODA hardware
• Generation compatibility minimizes migration cost +100 years
• Data is always safe, now and in the future
• Perfect media for long-term archive

Data Transfer Speed

Data Transfer Speed

FASTER BETTER Performance

High speed retrieval HDD 15K rpm Choice for your cold data High Performance
E-commerce, Financial HOT SSD RAM
(Portable)
• Average read rate of 375MB/s* HDD 15K rpm • True long-term reliable archive media Capacity Optimized
• No time wasting on spooling through tapes (Portable)
Blue-ray 12x Back Office, General Service WARM HDD
• Safeguard all your precious digital content
• Quick file access and eject time helps increase Blue-ray 12x
DVD 16x • Archive your assets once and for all Long-Term Archive
workflow efficiency Auto Loader, Off-line COLD Tape Optical Disc
Cost
*Generation 3 0
DVD 16x 50 100 150 200 250 300 • Future-proofed media storage solution
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0 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 Source: International Data Corporation (IDC)
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File Access Speed

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