Managing medical images efficiently and cost-effectively is a top priority for healthcare providers. AdvaPACS leverages the power of object storage, a modern storage architecture designed for scalability and cost optimisation, to help you significantly reduce your storage expenses.
This is not a simple "lift and shift" of a traditional PACS onto the cloud.
AdvaPACS is built from the ground up to take full advantage of cloud-native technologies like object storage, providing you with a truly modern and cost-effective solution.
What is Object Storage?
Object storage is a way of storing data as distinct units (“objects”) in a flat address space. Unlike traditional file storage, which organises data in a hierarchical structure, object storage manages data as individual objects with unique identifiers. This approach offers several advantages for medical image archiving:
Scalability
Object storage can easily scale to accommodate massive amounts of data, making it ideal for growing image archives.
Durability and availability
Data is typically replicated across multiple devices and locations, ensuring high durability and availability.
Cost-efficiency
Object storage is more cost-effective than traditional storage methods, especially for large datasets.
How AdvaPACS Leverages
Object Storage to Reduce Costs
We utilise object storage and intelligent data management techniques to minimise your storage expenses.
Efficient storage
AdvaPACS uses object storage to efficiently store and manage your medical images, optimising storage space and reducing costs.
Tiered Storage
We leverage tiered storage options, allowing you to store less frequently accessed data on lower-cost storage tiers while keeping frequently used data readily available
Data compression
We utilise data compression algorithms to reduce the size of image files, minimising storage requirements and associated costs.
Lifecycle management
AdvaPACS offers lifecycle management policies to automatically move data to different storage tiers or archive it based on age and access frequency, optimising storage costs over time.
Benefits of AdvaPACS Object Storage Cost Savings
Enjoy lower costs, predictable spending, and effortless scalability.
Lower storage costs
Reduce your overall storage expenses by efficiently storing and managing your medical images.
Predictable costs
Understand your storage costs easily with transparent pricing based on your actual usage.
Scalability
Scale your storage capacity effortlessly as your needs grow, without incurring significant cost increases.
Improved performance
Access your images quickly and efficiently with optimised storage and retrieval processes.
Enhanced security
Benefit from the robust security features of object storage, including encryption and access controls, to protect your data.