Euroson Supports Blu-ray Disc Archiving Systems ArXtor Series

Euroson America, Inc., a North American distribution partner for PoINT Software & Systems GmbH, announces support for DISC Archiving Systems (DISC) ArXtor Series Blu-ray Optical Storage by PoINT Jukebox Manager and PoINT Storage Manager.

The connectivity of the new DISC Libraries facilitates integration into an existing infrastructure. Users interested in a compliant cost-effective and energy-saving long-term archiving solution, will benefit from an automated administration of their optical media library by this integration of products.

With Jukebox Manager integration of optical libraries into an existing IT- infrastructure is simple. A user interface manages a standardized file system creates network shares which provide read write access to the ArXtor optical library. The optical storage library can be used by applications and users in the same way as hard disk. 


With Storage Manager, the ArXtor library is integrated into the Archive Tier within a Multi-Tiered Storage environment. Using the PoINT TAFS file system, data from existing network locations can be automatically migrated to the Blu-Ray Archive, and files can additionally be replaced with links to the Archive copy, preserving the original data path for seamless integration with existing applications. A range of ‘Policy’ definitions allow for customization of the migration and archiving process.

The current release of Jukebox Manager and Storage Manager support the ArXtor Series of iSCSI-based Blu-ray libraries. They are available as two product lines ArXtor Lite and ArXtor Appliance (incl. Virtual Server) providing a technology for tiered archive and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Solutions for fulfilling governmental regulations and for implementing long-term archiving.

Furthermore the ArXtor Libraries score with their low energy consumption in comparison with other storage products.


The tested integration of PoINT Software and ArXtor Libraries assures users a fast and smooth installation of their libraries. PoINT Jukebox Manager offers enhancements in addition to the new DISC library support like Disc Rescan Process as a background job and Multiple Selection for the slot rescan.


Users of the Jukebox Manager version benefit from a performance improvement for the directory cache recovery. For sequentially written media no rescan of already closed media is necessary. Thus the recovery time of the jukebox file system is reduced. 


Kevin Byrne, president of Euroson, stated: "We are excited to be working with an innovative company such as DISC Archiving Systems. Given the increased demand for Blu-ray library technology, it’s an easy integration for our clients existing infrastructure."

Mark Brown, VP sales North-America for DISC, stated: "DISC is very pleased to continue our strategic relationship with Euroson America. DISC’s New ArXtor Series builds upon a legacy of innovation, reputation for reliability and delivers to our vertical market solution partners/customers new iSCSI connectivity as well as a new purpose-built Blu-ray optical archiving Appliance solution. There is a strong value proposition associated with the combined solution of Euroson-PoINT tiered storage management software and DISC’s New ArXtor Series and we are working closely together to meet a growing interest in Blu-ray archiving technology and penetrate new markets/customers that require a low TCO while optimizing their long-term data archival storage needs."