Archival Optical Disc System

Government Information Preservation Working Group

Presentation

October 14, 2003

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Agenda Introduction

Discussion on industry concerns with optical media performance

Discussion on the issues causing concerns

Proposal for a concept to address concerns

Request for support from Working Group members to validate concept

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Y2003 Revenue: $1.163 B54% internationalOperations in 60 countries2,800 employees, 300 in R&D

Headquarters: Oakdale, MN

Data Storage & Info. Mgmt. Removable Media

•Enterprise•Midrange•Personal

Data Center ServicesGovernment Services

Imation Corp(NYSE: IMN)

World Headquarters, Oakdale, Minnesota, USA

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Imation is the Only U.S.-Based Manufacturer of Removable Media

Wahpeton

Production Facilities Worldwide Headquarters

Weatherford

Tucson

Camarillo

• State-of-the-art manufacturing facilities• All plants certified to new ISO 9001:2000 standards

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Oakdale, Minnesota Neuss, Germany London, Ontario, Canada Weatherford, Oklahoma Tokyo, Japan Beijing, China

Oakdale

Canada

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Neuss

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Tokyo

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Weatherford

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Beijing

Imation’s Advanced Global Technical Centers Support Customer Needs Worldwide

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Imation/3M Optical Product History

650 MB

1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008

12” Video Disc

1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008

12” Write-Once

5.25” Rewritable1 GB

CDROM CD-RW

1.3 GB

Photopolymer Holography

Magnetic Patterned Media

Magneto-Optical Near Field

Blu-rayHD DVD

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Royal Philips Electronics

Headquarters: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

One of the largest global electronics company with 2003 sales of EUR 29 bln (H1 2004 EUR 13,911 mln)

Multinational workforce of 165,600 employees

Active in the areas of medical systems, domestic appliances and personal care, consumer electronics, lighting, semiconductors and optical storage

Present in over 150 countries R&D expenditures

H1 2004 EUR 1,268 mln

2003 EUR 2,600 mln

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Core Competence in Optical Storage

Consumer Electronics Consumer Electronics ProductsProducts

Optical Optical PickUpPickUp

Patents & Patents & LicensingLicensing

CD/DVD CD/DVD ModulesModules

Automotive Automotive ModulesModules

Data Data productsproducts

Optical Discs

IC’s / Embedded software

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Leading in Technology

DVD+R/+RW Philips first to market:

+DVD+R/RW drives 16x

+DVD+R 16x Media

+DVD+R DL 8.5 GB Media Blu-ray disc

Triple Writer, OPU 81

Solid State Changer for Automotive

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Main Production and Development CentersPhilips Optical Storage

CMC Taipei

Gyor

Singapore

EindhovenWetzlar

PBDS TaipeiShanghai

Development centers

Production centers

Production partners

Industry Concerns

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Issues to be addressed

There are many industry concerns regarding reliability and performance of optical media Compatibility - Media / Drive Ease of use Quality of recordings – how to verify Lifetime of media – how long will it last Data obsolescence – will old media read on new

drives

Concerns expressed by NIST and end-users Business and professional users Home consumers

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Are concerns real or perceived?

Current technology is designed for robust performance Technology implementation has large variability

Need to be able to verify that the technology is performing safely within specifications Unrecoverable data cannot be the first indicator of a

problem

Need to verify performance of both media and drive

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Why is there variability?

Optical is truly a consumer product open format with many media and drive

manufacturers

vast majority of manufacturers are media only or drive only producers

typical media factory has 10’s to 100’s of lines

multiple “compatible” formats

rapid technology migration

extremely cost competitive

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What influences long-term reliability?Media

Materials• Dyes, seal-coats, plastics, metals (reflectors)

Robust manufacturing process• Mastering through printing / labeling• Environmental control

Manufacturing control• Repeatable process• Materials / supplier management• Trained and experienced labor force

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But its more than just media…

Drive and System Management Recording process Recording speed Data verification

Care and Handling Environmental containment (Heat, Light,

Moisture, Debris) Scratch-resistance

Long lived System migration - utilize latest technology Data migration - avoid costly data conversion Data protection – true write-once media,

security

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Concept Proposal – Archival Optical Disc System

System based on CD, DVD and Blu-ray standard Not a new disc format Read-out compatible with installed base of optical drives

When disc is recorded in drive, Quality of recording (data) is verified at time of recording System will have ability to monitor “health” of disc each time disc

is read to ensure long-term reliability

Vital information describing recording characteristics is written to disc for on-going audit purposes Timestamp information Version control Drive identifier

Disc and drive are enhanced and manufactured for true archival applications Features included beyond required standards and specifications

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What we’re proposing different

Develop system and media manufacturing process that removes the variability of drives and media Leverage combined experiences in design,

materials, and manufacturing process selection Optimized to meet long-term reliability

requirements• Media life certified for >50 years• Robust storage and handling

Additional features to provide user with verification

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Considerations / recommendations Start with DVD family products Create lifetime “proof” for DVD media Optimize drives towards lifetime proof

media Develop and introduce archive grade discs

for Professional archiving and potentially consumer

Define robust writing SW application

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Request to GIPWoG

Is there need for archive grade media? Or does off-the-shelf product meet requirements?

Is DVD the right starting point?

What levels of verification or certification would you anticipate?

Would you be willing to support us in the measurement and testing? Opportunity / interest to participate in beta testing?

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Request to GIPWoG

Is there a broader role for the GIPWoG to support the acceptance of this system? Within the U.S. Government In the business and professional

markets

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Key Contact Information

Imation: Rusty Rosenberger

• wrrosenberger@imation.com, 1-651-704-7504

James Kwiecien• jzkwiecien@imation.com, 1-651-704-4645

Philips: Frank Simonis

• frank.simonis@philips.com, 31-40-27-35530-34309

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Thank you.