The Panasonic LB-DH7 archival optical disc cabinet offers up to 1.9 PB storage, 100‑year media lifespan, and integrated backup and management features.
The LB‑DH7 is an archival optical disc cabinet designed for long‑term data preservation. It can hold up to 532 disc cartridges, providing a total storage capacity of 1.9 PB (1108 TB) and a data transfer speed of up to 3360 MB/s. The system uses RAID‑0 configuration for performance and supports WORM discs that ensure data cannot be overwritten.
Panasonic integrates the cabinet with the DA Manager Server (32 GB memory, 1.8 TB cache, CentOS 7) and supports REST API, SWIFT and S3 protocols for seamless backup, archiving, and virtual‑machine verification via Commvault. The media offers a 100‑year lifespan, low power consumption, and low maintenance cost, making it suitable for data‑center and offline environments. This manual is written in Chinese.
| Storage capacity (max) | 1.9 PB |
|---|---|
| Data transfer speed (max) | 3360 MB/s |
| Optical disc module units (max) | 22 |
| Rack height (minimum) | 17U |
| Disc cartridge storage capacity | 3.6 TB |
| Management server memory | 32 GB |
| Cache space | 1.8 TB |
| Operating system | CentOS 7 |
| Supported access protocols | REST API (SWIFT, S3) |
The discs are rated for a preservation life of over 100 years.
Each disc cartridge can store 3.6 TB of data.
The cabinet can hold up to 1.9 PB (1108 TB) of data.
Yes, the archival discs have a write‑once, read‑many (WORM) characteristic that prevents overwriting.