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Mass Storage System by using Broadcast Technology

              Hirofumi Fujii (KEK) 

		KEK, Japan
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                          Abstract
    
    There are many similarities between data recording systems for high energy physics and braodcast systems; e.g., 1) the data flow is almost one-way, 2) requires real-time recording, 3) requires large-scale automated libraries for 24-hours operation, etc. In addition to these functional similarities, the required data-transfer and data-recording speeds are also close to those for near future experiments. For these reasons, we have collaborated with SONY Braoadcast Company to study the usability of broadcast devices for our data storage system. Our new data storage system consists of high-speed data recorders and tape-robots which are originally based on the digital video-tape recorder and the tape-robot for broadcast systems. We are also studying the possiblity to use these technologies for the online data-recording system for B-physics experiment at KEK.