Meeting at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder CO
June 29-30, 2004

 

Local Session Chair: Gene Harano,
National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR,
1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder CO 80305-5602,
Phone: +1-303-497-1203, Fax: +1-303-497-1848,
E-mail: snow@ucar.edu


Theme: Plethora of Storage Devices, interfaces and media

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The THIC Board of Directors gratefully acknowledges NCAR for providing the facilities for, and Fuji Photofilm USA, Inc for its sponsorship of, this meeting. We also acknowledge ADIC for hosting the tour.

Monday, June 28, 2004

 15:00 - 17:00 Meeting of the Board of Directors (Chapman Room, NCAR)  

Tuesday, June 29, 2004

08:00 - 08:45 Registration, Continental Breakfast  
08:45 - 09:00 Welcome, Introduction, Announcements  
09:00 - 09:30 Dr Aloke Guha, CTO, Copan Systems, 2605 Trade Center Avenue, Suite D, Longmont CO 80503-4605, Phone: +1-303-827-2520, E-mail: aloke.guha@copansys.com - “MAID, Massive Array of Idle Disks” (762,113 bytes)  
09:30 - 10:00 Mark Eastman, Quantum Corporation, 4001 Discovery Dr, Boulder CO 80303-7817, e-mail: mark.Eastman@quantum.com – "Meeting the Capacity Demand" (658,709 bytes)  
10:00 - 10:30 Demetrios Lignos, InPhase Technologies, 2000 Pike Rd, Longmont CO 80501-6764, Phone: +1-720-494-7447, Fax:+1-720-494-9606, e-mail: demetrioslignos@inphase-tech.com - "Holographic technology and Product development update" (437,581 bytes)  
10:30 -11:00 Break  
11:00 - 11:30 Professor Tom Milster, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, 1630 University Blvd, Tucson AZ 85721-0094, Phone: +1-520-621-8280, Fax:+1-520-621-4358, E-mail: milster@arizona.edu - "Degree of Erasure for Optical Recording Media" (1,531,053 bytes)  
11:30 - 12:00 Professor Tom Milster, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, 1630 University Blvd, Tucson AZ 85721-0094, Phone: +1-520-621-8280, Fax:+1-520-621-4358, E-mail: milster@arizona.edu - "Data Recovery from CD-R Fragments: A New Test Stand"  (1,473,194 bytes)  
12:00 - 12:30 Dr Roger Hutchison, CD ROM Inc, 6520 Edenvale Blvd Suite 230, Eden Prairie MN 55346-2564, Phone: +1-952-832-5424, FAX: +1-952-832-5434, E-mail: rshutch@cdrominc.com - “Physical Reconstruction of CD-ROM and DVD Discs; The Humpty Dumpty Scenario”  (725,469 bytes)  
12:30 - 13:15  Lunch (NCAR Cafeteria)   
13:15 - 14:00  NCAR Visualization Demo (Lower Level VisLab)   
14:00 - 14:30  Mas Omae, Ultera Inc, 26052 Merit Circle, Laguna Hills CA 92653-7000. Phone: +1-949-367-7000, FAX: +1-949-367-0758, E-mail: mas@ultera.com – “A Virtual Tape Library Architecture & its Benefits”  (312,556 bytes)  
14:30 - 15:00  Nick Harper, Spectra Logic, 1799 N 55th St, Boulder CO 80301-2702, Phone: +1-303-449-6444 X1509, Fax: +1-303-939-8844, E-Mail: nickh@spectralogic.com - “Blending of Disk and Tape Technologies in a Removable Environment”  (701,942 bytes)  
15:00 - 15:30  Gary Collins, PE, Collins Consulting, 5259 Idylwild Trail, Boulder CO 80301-3620, Phone: +1-303-530-4106, e-mail: gcollins007@sprintmail.com - "The Mechanical Challenge of Ultra-High Track Densities: How Far Can Tape Guide Rollers Go?"  (1,031,025 bytes)  
15:30 - 16:00  Break   
16:00 - 16:30  Dave DuPont, Plasmon Corp, 400 Inverness Parkway Suite 310, Englewood CO 80112-5824, Phone: +1-720-873-2508, E-mail: dave.dupont@plasmon.com - “UDO – The New Optical Technology for Archival Storage”  (869,301 bytes)  
16:30 - 17:00  Richard K Milo, Certance, 1650 Sunflower Ave, Costa Mesa CA 92626-1513, Phone: +1-714-641-4463, Fax: +1-714-641-4413, e-mail: Richard.K.Milo@certance.com – “DAT – a successful technology with a strong future”  (244,018 bytes)  
17:30 - 19:30  Reception (NCAR Cafeteria)   

Wednesday, June 30, 2004

08:00 - 09:00 Registration, Continental Breakfast   
09:00 - 09:30  Ruth Duerr, National Snow and Ice Data Center, 449UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder CO 80309-0449, Phone: +1-303-735-0156, FAX: +1-303-492-2468, E-mail: rduerr@nsidc.org - “Trials and Tribulations of a Small Archive”  (604,994 bytes)  
09:30 - 10:00  Bill Anderson, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder CO 80305-5602, Phone: +1-303-497-1243, FAX: +1-303-497-1848, E-mail: andersnb@ucar.edu - "Simulating the NCAR Mass Storage System to Improve Performance"  (271,352 bytes)  
10:00 - 10:30  Dr Ian Philp, Los Alamos National Laboratory MS K400, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos NM 87545, Phone: +1-505-665-1150, E-mail: philp@lanl.gov - "Performance Loss and Reliability in a Petabyte RAID-Based PFS"  (264,983 bytes)  
10:30 - 11:00  Break   
11:30 - 12:00  Dr Richard Roloff, ADIC, 8560 Upland Dr, Englewood CO 80112-7061, Phone: +1-720-249-5754, e-mail: Richard.roloff@adic.com – “Storage Solutions for the Enterprise”  (812,744 bytes)  
12:00 - 12:10  Mike McCorkle, Fuji Photo Film USA, Inc., 2629 Sunnyside Circle, Palm Harbor FL 34684-4160, Phone: +1-727-773-2800/+1-800-755-3854 X1281, Cell: +1-914-299-6900, FAX: +1-727-773-2801, e-mail: mike-mccorkle@fujifilm.com - "The International Electrotechnical Commission Standard for exponent prefixes in IT"  (281,140 bytes)  
12:15 - 13:00  Lunch (NCAR Cafeteria)   
13:00  Carpool for drive to ADIC, 8560 Upland Dr, Englewood CO 80112-7061