Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!indri!nic.MR.NET!umn-cs!mmm!schultz From: schultz@mmm.UUCP (John C Schultz) Newsgroups: comp.realtime Subject: Re: fast storage? Summary: try image processing vendors Message-ID: <1264@mmm.UUCP> Date: 11 May 89 02:19:09 GMT References: Reply-To: schultz@mmm.UUCP (John C Schultz) Distribution: comp Organization: 3M Engineering Systems & Technology Lab, St. Paul MN Lines: 23 In article dove@rocket.UUCP (Webster Dove) writes: >Is there any faster large capacity storage that a Fujitsu 2380A >parallel head 1Gbyte disk (15 Mbyte/sec) that could be used to store >strictly sequential data? A moderately priced disk drive maybe. Pretty high speed for tape. Anyway, I suggest that you contact some major image processing companies. The latest thing at the last trade show I was at was high performance disk drives with total capacity in the GB+ range. Data rates start at 10 MBytes/sec for about $25,000 depending on capacity. Be aware that image processing syste may impose format constraints on the data that may be unacceptable in you application. For example a standard image size is 0.25 MB which tends to be the storage size as well. Vendors that I can think of off the top of my head are Datacube, Vicom, Recognition Concepts, Inc., and Imaging Technology Inc. -- john c. schultz schultz@3M.Com ..!uiucuxc!mmm!schultz (612) 733-4047 3M Center, Bldg 518-1-1, St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 The opinions expressed herein are, as always, my own and not 3M's.