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tracking capabilities are provided by MINDS. MINDS
keeps track of such information as image type (color, black
& white etc.), database to which the image belongs, storage
drive and platter the image file is stored on and beginning
sector where the image file resides on the platter. MINDS
software is the most important software component that allows
integration of imaging software with the database application
and can use a wide variety of storage devices to store and
retrieve images. MINDS software keeps a log of all image folders
and pages and the storage location. When a user makes a request
for an image folder or a page, MINDS immediately retrieves
the image. The user does not need to know the storage device,
server, platter, or image file type because MINDS keeps track
of all this information for you.
Storage Devices: MINDS provides access to several storage
devices spread on several servers over the network. The storage
devices may include magnetic drives, CD-ROM drives, optical
drives, jukeboxes, tape drives etc.
Security: MINDS provides security up to the page level. It
therefore allows only users with the proper authorization
code to access certain document images. In the case of accidental
erasures and hard disk crash, MINDS provides the capability
to rebuild the database by scanning all the mounted media
and rebuilding the database.
Advanced Caching: MINDS keeps track of the last called files.
Depending upon the configuration, MINDS will keep a specified
number of frequently called documents in cache for fast retrieval.
Categories: MINDS stores files in folders called categories.
Every mounted media belongs to one category (multiple media
can belong to the same category) and only those files that
belong to that category can be stored on it. This allows different
departments in an organization to store their relevant documents
on different platters.
Retention Periods: MINDS stores files with the same expiration
date on the same media, which allows minimizing the number
of platters mounted at the same time and the number of mounting/unmounting
platters.
A great online example of MINDS is E-Filing.com,
click here for a live demonstration.
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