Panasonic Showcased Data Archiver

Panasonic Corporation showcased the Data Archiver and data center battery backup unit that utilizes 18650-size cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells at the OCP U.S. Summit 2015, held on March 10-11, 2015, in San Jose, CA.

Data Archiver system at OCP US Summit

Data Archiver
In recent years, long-term storage of big data has become a social challenge. The Data Archiver is a ‘scalable optical disc library system’ that meets the needs of the next generation data center proposed by the OCP (Open Compute Project) with its ability to store data for an extended period of time.

Data Archiver optical disc library
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By drawing on its optical media, disc drive, and robotics technology, Panasonic has developed a scalable system suitable for long-term storage comprised of modules that can be extended as the amount of data increases. Having a long storage life of 50 years, customers will no longer have to migrate data periodically. Compared to HDDs, the Data Archiver also boasts low power cooling, and therefore it will reduce running costs.

Battery backup unit
Data centers require backup power in the event of a power failure during long-term storage period. In addition, the batteries need to be both compact and efficient to support the needs of the distributed type of data center.

Battery backup unit

At OCP, Panasonic showcased a battery backup unit that utilizes its 18650-size cylindrical lithium-ion batteries. This is a reliable battery with an array of applications from laptop computers to advanced electric vehicles.

Panasonic leverages its technological expertise to provide game-changing back-end solutions for data centers. As the amount of data continues to increase exponentially, it will offer higher capacity optical discs and better scalability so that it may help streamline customers’ data operation.

Open Compute Project is an organization that Facebook has established to promote open source server hardware.