A 30 SLOT MASTER LIBRARY UNIT, THAT FORMS THE BASIS FOR THE PETASITE OPTICAL DISC ARCHIVE (ODA) SCALABLE LIBRARY. FOR BROADCAST, POST PRODUCTION, EDITING AND DESKTOP OPERATIONS. THE UNIT HOLDS UP TO TWO OPTICAL DISC ARCHIVE DRIVES, SUCH AS THE ODS-D77F, A MAXIMUM OF 30 CARTRIDGES, AND A BUILT-IN ROBOTIC MECHANISM IN A 7U, 19 INCH RACK-MOUNTABLE CHASSIS. IT PROVIDES AN EFFICIENT MEANS TO READ AND WRITE DATA FROM AND TO MULTIPLE OPTICAL DISC ARCHIVE CARTRIDGES, ENSURING EFFICIENCY IN ARCHIVING MATERIAL DATA AND RETRIEVING ARCHIVED MATERIAL DATA. THE ODS-L30M IS EQUIPPED WITH HDDS IN A RAID 1 (MIRRORING) CONFIGURATION. THE ODS-L30M FORMS THE BASIS OF THE PETASITE OPTICAL DISC ARCHIVE THAT IS EASILY SCALABLE WITH ODS-L60E (DRIVE AND CARTRIDGE) AND ODS-L100E (CARTRIDGE ONLY) EXTENSION UNITS. A TOTAL OF FIVE EXTENSION UNITS MAXIMUM CAN ATTACH TO THE ODS-L30M TO MAKE UP A SINGLE 42U LIBRARY OFFERING A MAXIMUM 520 CARTRIDGES (780TB), DEPENDING ON THE EXTENSION UNITS USED. THE ODS-L30M DOES NOT INCORPORATE VIDEO OR AUDIO INPUT CONNECTORS AND IS NOT CAPABLE TO RECORD OR PLAY VIDEO (DIGITAL CODE). THE ODS-L30M CONNECTS VIA AN ETHERNET NETWORK FOR THE CONTROL AND HANDLING OF THE PRE-RECORDED FILES.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 8471 - AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES AND UNITS THEREOF, MAGNETIC OR OPTICAL READERS, MACHINES FOR TRANSCRIBING DATA ONTO DATA MEDIA IN CODED FORM AND MACHINES FOR PROCESSING SUCH DATA, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 847170 - STORAGE UNITS. CN CODE 84717050 - HARD DISK DRIVES. TARIC CODE 8471705090 - OTHER THAN FOR USE IN A CIVIL AIRCRAFT. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH:- CHAPTER NOTE 5(C) TO CHAPTER 84. HSEN'S NOTE B(I) TO HEADING 8471 REFERS.