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Digital Pathology Archiving and Lifecycle Storage

CaloPix® Archive helps healthcare organizations store, retrieve and retain growing volumes of whole-slide images and all associated case documents without locking every case into the same storage tier. It can connect archiving events to the laboratory information system and support on-premise, cloud or hybrid architectures based on access, retention, recovery and data-residency requirements.

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Choose the right storage tier for each use case

Active cases, recently completed cases and long-term archives do not require the same performance or cost profile. CaloPix® Archive supports hot, cold and hybrid storage strategies so IT and pathology teams can align retrieval speed, resilience, retention and cost with actual clinical and operational needs.

Hot storage

Cold and archive storage

Hot Storage for Active Cases and Frequent Access

Fast retrieval for active and recently completed cases
Appropriate for frequent review, consultation and follow-up
Maintains the image data required by the configured workflow
Sized for performance, resilience and expected concurrency

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Cost-Controlled Storage for Long-Term Retention

Lower-cost storage for infrequently accessed studies
Retention policies aligned with clinical, legal and research requirements
Controlled retrieval when an archived case is needed
Architecture defined around durability, recovery and data-residency requirements

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Designed for every stakeholder in the decision

Pathologist

Rout Retrieve prior digital slides when authorized and clinically relevant
Reopen cases for follow-up, consultation or education
Access archived images through the familiar case workflow

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CIOs, IT and security leaders

Integrate archiving with LIS, storage, VNA and identity services
Choose cloud, on-premise or hybrid deployment
Define resilience, recovery, data residency, access and audit requirements

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Pathology and laboratory leaders

Plan for growing image volumes across sites
Standardize retention and retrieval workflows
Model storage demand, service levels and total cost over time

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Control the digital slide lifecycle

Trigger archiving from defined LIS events
Route images between storage tiers based on policy
Reduce avoidable storage consumption through reversible sub-resolution data removal
Support object-storage and DICOM/VNA workflows, depending on configuration
Preserve traceability across retention and retrieval

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Storage architecture built around clinical operations

Flexible deployment: Configure CaloPix Archive for cloud, on-premise or hybrid infrastructure based on data residency, security, performance and operational requirements.
Lifecycle-based performance: Keep active images on faster storage and move infrequently accessed studies to lower-cost tiers according to defined policies. Retrieval time and cost depend on the selected architecture.
Workflow automation: Use configured LIS events, storage rules and file transformations - including object-storage and DICOM/VNA workflows - to reduce manual handling and maintain an auditable image lifecycle.

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Plan a storage architecture that scales

Bring your projected case volume, image sizes, retention policy, recovery objectives, data-residency constraints and current infrastructure. Tribun Health specialists can help translate them into a CaloPix Archive architecture and phased deployment plan.

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