Online Storage Manager Software for the CARESTREAM PACS system comes equipped with numerous components that let you properly configure and tune the system for the specific needs and requests of each facility. Proper configuration can enhance system performance, as well as save time and resources.
To optimize Workflow Manager usage in your organization, you must understand the automatic processes that the Workflow Manager performs. The Workflow Manager is a multi-tier, multimedia repository for diagnostic images and related clinical data. It provides short-, mid-, and long-term cost-effective storage solutions through a highly flexible set of hardware and software configurations, ranging from RAID-based short-term buffers to multilayered, Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM)-controlled repositories, offering terabytes of storage capacity. Highly configurable and easy to upgrade, the Workflow Manager offers the best digital archiving solution to any clinic, hospital, or health care organization. It provides the following features:
Modular system design ensures easy expansion to accommodate growing storage and archiving needs.
Hybrid distributed/centralized system architecture.
Intelligent management software minimizes hardware costs.
Open standards-based system guarantees easy integration and interoperability with other systems.
Supports both Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) storage architectures.
Privacy Enabled System (facilitates compliance with HIPAA requirements)
Access Control Management Tool is used to control the access that each user has to the data in the Workflow Manager. For example, a user might be restricted to viewing images from a specific modality. Access control is performed by setting different levels of restrictions, based on the user, the group to which the user belongs, or the node being used to query the server.
Online Storage Management Functionality describes the functions performed automatically by the Online Storage Manager (OSM), including DICOM Parsing, Online Storage Manager Auto Delete, Patient Matching, and RIS-PACS Synchronization, and Pre-Fetch. See Online Storage Management Tasks.
Long-Term Storage Manager Functionality describes the functions performed automatically by Long-Term Storage Manager, including Long-Term Storage Manager Auto Delete, Cloning, and Backup to Long-Term Storage. References to configuration and management procedures are provided for each function. Long-Term Storage Manager and Online Storage Manager communicate with the various modalities, HIS or RIS, as well as with CARESTREAM PACS Client reading stations.
The CARESTREAM PACS Server and a single workstation are installed on a single PC.
The CARESTREAM PACS Server is installed on a single server, based on SUN Solaris or MICROSOFT WINDOWS Server OS.
Clustered configuration provides increased availability by running the application and database on different servers. In case of a server failure, the remaining server automatically takes over the role of the failed server (and both the application and the database run on the same server). The servers are used in an Active-Active cluster.
The CARESTREAM PACS system is installed on a single server and an additional server is installed, but remains shut down. In case of server failure, the cold spare server is activated manually, which allows business continuity. All studies are available.
The CARESTREAM PACS system enables Image Life Cycle Management. It is possible to have multiple storage tiers and to configure storage plans for image groups.
EMC Centera storage is supported as an additional tier to the archive and can be used as near-line or online storage for images. For additional details, contact your support representative.
Long-Term Storage Manager
It is possible to add an Online Storage Manager to an existing Workflow Manager. The OSM serves as an additional in-house or remote storage facility.
The CARESTREAM PACS system allows synchronization of the Worklist between two or more remote PACS sites.
The load balancing configuration allows installation of multiple servers, each running the PACS software. The work is load-balanced among the servers.
You can install and upgrade all server architecture components in a single installation. The installation/upgrade process supports the installation of all server architectures, automatically configuring the server to work in the desired configuration. The installation/upgrade process installs the components required for each architecture solution, so there it is not necessary to install each product separately.
When predefined installation and upgrade scenarios are deployed, you still need to configure the system according to customer-specific requirements.