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Sony Unveils Enhanced CD-Based Libraries with Increased Performance and Capacity

Strategic Insights

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Sony has updated its CDL2000 series and introduced the CDL5000 jukebox, which features faster 24X (maximum performance) CD-ROM drives and/or 4X write, 8X read speed CD-R drives. These libraries are upgradable to DVD+ReWritable (DVD+RW) drives as they become available. The new jukeboxes offer backward-compatibility with legacy media, faster read and write performance, and high-availability storage devices. The CDL5000 library offers a less than 3.5-second exchange time and fast access to 325GB of CD data, making it ideal for duplicating applications. Sony's 500-disc jukebox also offers exceptional capacity, speed, and performance, as well as CD duplication possibilities thanks to its compatibility with popular software applications such as the SmartCD software suite from Smart Storage.

Key Takeaways:

  • The new CDL2000 series and CDL5000 jukeboxes feature faster 24X (maximum performance) CD-ROM drives and/or 4X write, 8X read speed CD-R drives.
  • The libraries are upgradable to DVD+ReWritable (DVD+RW) drives as they become available.
  • The CDL5000 library offers a less than 3.5-second exchange time and fast access to 325GB of CD data, making it ideal for duplicating applications.
  • The CDL5000 jukebox is compatible with popular software applications such as the SmartCD software suite from Smart Storage.
  • The 4X/8X CD-R drives available for the libraries incorporate disc-at-once technology, which provides replication of the exact geometry of the source disc.
  • The drives also support all popular CD formats including CD Text and provide a 2MB data buffer to ensure reliable recording performance.

Statistics:

  • Installation base: 150 million units
  • Storage space on a single CD: 650MB
  • Access time: 3.6 MB/sec sustained transfer rate and 90-millisecond or less access time
  • CD-ROM drive speed: 24X maximum
  • CD-R drive speed: 4X write and 8X read
  • CD-ROM drive average speed: 17X
  • Dual CD-ROM drives in the CDL1100 library: provides 12X maximum CD-ROM drive speed and can access 200GB of CD data per minute
  • Dual 12X maximum CD-ROM drives in the CDL1100 library: provides 12X maximum CD-ROM drive speed and can access 200GB of CD data per minute
  • The 4X/8X CD-R drives provide a 2MB data buffer to ensure reliable recording performance
  • The CDL5000 library can access 325GB of CD data
  • The 24X max. CD-ROM drive used in the libraries incorporates full 24X Constant Angular Velocity (CAV) tracking technology

Sources:

  • Sony's World Wide Web site at http://www.sony.com/storagebysony
  • Integrated Storage Products Division of Sony Electronics' Computer Components and Peripherals Group
  • Smart Storage, Inc.
  • "Sony's 500-disc jukebox offers exceptional capacity, speed and performance as well as CD duplication possibilities thanks to its compatibility with popular software applications such as the SmartCD software suite from Smart Storage," said Gary Brach, president of Smart Storage, Inc.
  • "Our new CD-based libraries offer backward-compatibility with users' legacy media and an upgrade path to DVD+RW -- which will become the next generation in optical storage technology with 3GB of capacity per disc," said Fred Bedard, general manager of integrated storage products for Sony Electronics' Computer Components and Peripherals Group.

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