Hewlett Packard HP Ultra Density Optical UDO 30GB Write-Once Disk Q2030A

Product Description

Like Magneto Optical (MO), Ultra Density Optical (UDO) satisfies professional archival needs and is ideal for companies or industries who must meet international, commercial and governmental archival regulations, who process large volumes of documentation and who must access stored/archived files quickly. Markets likely to utilize UDO are: Financial services and health care with federally regulated requirements for email and static content like x-rays. Federal, State and Local governments that must comply with regulatory standards, securities, insurance, consumer products, construction materials, food, transportation and pharmaceutical industries that rely on permanence. HP quality control tests for Write-Once and Rewritable disks include 40,000 load/unload cycles per disk. This level of testing greatly improves product quality, thus ensuring total file access.Ultra Density Optical technology, commonly referred to as UDO, is the ideal successor to Magneto Optical (MO) archival storage because it adheres to the 5.25 ISO standard form factor. UDO offers customers more than three times the capacity of MO, with 33% faster file access, 8 MB/sec read transfer rates and a lower longer term cost of ownership; roughly 84% per GB less than MO. UDO will deliver the highest level of data integrity and trustworthiness with phase change write once recording and is considered the new 30 GB standard for professional optical storage; ideal for customers who must meet international, commercial and governmental archival regulations. Phase Change Technology utilizes the heat from a blue laser to write data on the recording surface of optical media. The laser records data marks by altering the reflective quality of the recording surface. This is done by changing the physical state of the medias recording layer from a crystalline to an amorphous state, which produces bright to dark marks on the media. The same laser, set at a lower intensity, is then used to read the media. UDO Write Once optical technology prevents data from being overwritten or altered. UDO uses a non-contact recording to provide robust and reliable performance and is insensitive to exposure to magnetic fields. UDO has a solid three generation road map with capacities reaching 120 GB on a single disk. With each new generation, the cost of trustworthy archival storage will continue to provide cost effective professional archive storage. Lower Cost of Ownership: 84% less per GB than Magneto OpticalHigher Capacities: 30 GB of capacity on a single disk. Minimizes the number of disks required to store permanent dataPermanence: Phase Change Write Once prevents customers from overwriting data or altering files, making UDO ideal for customers who need to comply with international regulatory requirementsHigher Performance: 33% faster file access over its predecessor, Magneto Optical (MO)Durable and Secure: in excess of 50 years archival lifeStandard: 5.25 ISO standards

1. Brand: HP
2. Pack Size: 1
3. Parcel Dimensions: 13.6mm x 15.4mm  
4. HP Reference: HPQ2030A  
5. EAN/UPC Number: 829160240107