8. Performing Archive
Operations
8.1 Overview of Archive and Retrieve
Operations
IRIS can archive, retrieve, and play radar data. If a RAW product (polar coordinate data) is
retrieved from archive, IRIS can generate products from the retrieved data as if the data
were collected in real time. Picture products can be retrieved from archive and then
displayed. Supported devices include:
• Tape such as DAT
Recording to tape is convenient, but retrieval can be slow if the file that you want is at
the end.
• Optical disk drives
Optical disks, such as re-writable magneto optical drives, are more expensive than tape,
but last longer and are much more convenient to use because of their random access
capability.
• Large Disk Archives (LDA)
LDAs allow you to take advantage of low-cost mass storage systems.
• DVD+RW systems (for example, SONY DRU–500AX (internal), SONY DRX–500ULX
(external on Firewire or USB 2.0).
DVDs oer low cost for both the drive and the media while providing approximately
5 GB of storage. Supported on Linux systems.
8.2
Using the Archive Menu
The Archive menu controls the host archive devices.
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