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FFI-RAPPORT 16/00707
In coordination with Piql AS, it has been decided that all storage facilities evaluated in this
assessment are fitted with a fully automated storage system, a modified version of Element
Logic’s AutoStore® system. This system is used for the automatic handling and storing of
piqlFilms in the piqlVault.
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Within the space described above there is room for an AutoStore®
grid which holds 5.000 piqlBins, each containing four piqlBoxes stacked horizontally on top of
each other. This puts the total at 20.000 piqlBoxes, or 2.240 terabyte (TB) worth of digital
storage space.
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Figure 5.1
The size and layout of the piqlVault system. Source: Piql AS
The modified version of the AutoStore®, from now on referred to as the piqlVault system, and
how this automated system operates, is described in the following. This includes what we
alluded to in chapter 3, namely the control system of the piqlVault system, or the data input, the
physical handling of the piqlBins, done by robots, and lastly the external structural
dependencies, such as power supply, and where in the system this is critical. The IT system
security architecture is described further in the last section of this chapter.
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According to Piql AS’s wishes, the report only assesses risks in a piqlVault with an automated storage system. It should be noted,
however, that it is likely that some users would not wish to utilise this operating system, preferring instead a manual system for
handling the piqlFilms.
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The specifications on the storage capacity in the piqlVault for the purposes of this analysis was as part of an email correspondence
with Katrine Thomsen, Project Manager at Piql AS, on 07.10.2015.