title: Saying goodbye to optical storage technology.
abstract: The days of using optical disk based mass storage devices for high volume applications like health care document imaging are coming to an end. The price/performance curve for redundant magnetic disks, known as RAID, is now more positive than for optical disks. All types of application systems, across many sectors of the marketplace are using these newer magnetic technologies, including insurance, banking, aerospace, as well as health care. The main components of these new storage technologies are RAID and SAN. SAN refers to storage area network, which is a complex mechanism of switches and connections that allow multiple systems to store huge amounts of data securely and safely.
authors.affiliation: Eclipsys Corporation Titusville, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McLendon
authors.forename: Cliff
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Babbitt
mesh_terms: D016248:Computer Storage Devices / Q000639:trends*; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000639:trends; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000639:trends; D008122:Local Area Networks; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016249:Optical Storage Devices / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States