Goodman, DAX Archiving Solutions launch new DVD Medical Archival Solution at Japan's Toyohashi Heart

Goodman, a leading Japanese medical PACS supplier, and DAX Archiving Solutions, global specialist in digital archiving solutions, have announced the implementation of their new DVD Medical Archival Solution at the internationally renowned Toyohashi Heart Centre. The plug-and-play smartDAX Jukebox Archive of DAX Archiving Solutions is now seamlessly integrated into the Goodnet PACS of Goodman.

Users have immediate on-line access to the RAID Archive and data can be written simultaneously to two non-erasable DVDs which ensure WORM (write once, read many) compliance, and a duplicate for disaster recovery purposes. One DVD remains in the nearline DVD Archive, facilitating random access to studies.

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