
Cypher Technology Ltd V2.6 (03) December 2011
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2 Description
PUMA is a rugged and evidentially secure system for archiving USB and flash card data
to CDROM, DVD or BD
(1)
media. Its automated backup procedure make it simple to
use. It is aimed primarily at backing up flash based audio and video recorders and
digital cameras and includes a RAW to JPEG image converter. PUMA will back up any
type of file data and can be used to archive USB pen drives and other USB disk drives.
The main features are as follows:
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Simple operation. Single, dedicated “Transfer” button initiates entire archive
sequence.
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Rugged construction and no hard drive increases reliability and evidential
security.
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Unique bit for bit copy of flash card provides ultimate evidential audit trail and
reduces possibility of legal challenges without increasing back-up size.
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Three automated steps in transfer procedure: Transfer, data verify, and flash
media overwrite/erase/format.
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Flash card, forensic wipe process ensures that deleted data cannot be recovered
and removes any viruses.
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Fast transfer rates reduces back-up time. Up to four times faster than laptop for
transferring files. 20Mbyte /sec transfer rate.
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Self contained unit with premium quality, full height DVD/CDROM R/W drive.
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Re-mounts and verifies disk after writing to ensure maximum reliability of backup.
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Supports wide range of BD-R
(1)
, BD-R DL, DVD +/- R, +R/-R DL and CD -R
media.
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Proprietary software tailored precisely to the needs of law enforcement and
evidence gathering. Closed nature of operating system increases evidential
security
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JPEG versions of RAW files generated on Working Copy. A list of supported
RAW camera formats is given in APPENDIX 1.
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Can be powered from mains, vehicle power
(2)
or external batteries
(2)
.
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Supports all common flash media (see Specification).
New in Version 2.6
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Blu-ray Disk support giving up to 50GB per disk
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New Compact Master with directly accessible files and smaller size
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Optional AES 256 encryption
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Optional DVD authoring of suitable MPEG-2 files