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Magnetic tape prototype makes data leap
News Magnetic tape isn't dead, IBM and Fuji Photo would like you to know. Researchers at IBM's Almaden Research Center and Fuji Photo have devised a prototype storage system utilising a dual-side magnetic tape that can hold 6.67 billion bits of data per...
[May 16, 2006, 9:05]
Magnetic tape prototype makes data leap
Talkback Random Read Write for 300,000 years. Ferroelectric densities of 2D .2 to .5 Petabits = 200 to 500 Terabits sq.in. D 40 Petabits = 40,000 to 100 Petabits = 100,000 Terabits cu.cm.or 2D 200,000 to 500,000 Gigabits sq.in.
[May 17, 2006, 1:30]
Loomer Resound
Downloads Loomer Resound is a software audio delay effect processor that emulates the sound and operation of vintage magnetic-tape echo units. Resound not only models the characteristic mechanical noise present in hardware magnetic-tape units, but also...
[September 13, 2009, 18:05]
CERN steps up to massive storage challenge
News That equates to 15 petabytes of data per year for four experiments, which will be stored on magnetic tape and disk. One data stream is stored on magnetic tape, one data stream is sent to one or two of CERN's 11 "Tier 1" centres, while a third data...
[September 6, 2006, 10:50]
Data retention strategies for SMEs review
Reviews Although, like magnetic tape, hard disks are based on mature technology, regular innovation means that hard disks continue to provide ever higher capacities and faster transfer rates at lower cost. Magnetic tape
[March 22, 2007, 16:47]
All About LTO Tapes....
Blog LTO is a magnetic tape data storage technology developed as an open alternative to the proprietary Digital Linear Tape (DLT). In the late 1990s, Quantum's DLT and Sony's Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) were the leading options for high-capacity...
[July 25, 2008, 10:04]
Data on Tape: Security Challenges in Today's z/OS Enterprise Environments
White Papers Storing data on magnetic tape has historically been a critical component of an organizations business continuity planning. Tape storage is cost-effective, reduces the need for additional online storage capacity and safeguards data from physical...
[January 25, 2006, 0:01]
Symantec Backup Exec 10d System Sizing "Best Practices" for Optimizing Performance of the Continuous Protection Server
White Papers Traditional backup and recovery using magnetic tape technology generally is limited to a recovery time of 24 hours: If a failure occurs today, the most recent data available to restore was yesterday's.
[December 22, 2006, 0:00]
Guide to Linux Archive Utility Mastery
White Papers Tar" is an abbreviation of 'T'ape 'ar'chiver; it was originally written for backup onto magnetic tape. Three archive facilities the users are most likely to encounter on Linux are GNU tar, GNU cpio, and rpm (Red Hat Packet Manager).
[October 11, 2006, 0:00]
New storage technology could replace hard disks...
Blog Solid state magnetic memory first turned up in the 60s as twistor memory, invented by Andrew Bobeck: magnetic tape wrapped in a helix around wires. The latest report via the New Scientist from the University of Hamburg, for example, looks rather...
[May 13, 2007, 12:22]
Hitachi rolls out massive hard drive
News That class of equipment has lower performance and is less reliable than systems with drives using the SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) or Fibre Channel interfaces, but it's faster for data recoveries than magnetic tape storage.
[March 10, 2004, 7:15]
EMC 'disk library' draws inspiration from tapes
News So-called tape libraries are robotic mechanisms that house a number of magnetic tape drives and cartridges. To help companies handle data backup and recovery tasks, storage specialist EMC plans next week to unveil a product that is based on disk...
[April 5, 2004, 10:35]
Record industry mounts IM campaign against file swappers
Talkback Pay back for every over priced vinal record, useless magnetic tape and CD with two or three good songs you actuly like for $18.99. We've opened pandoras box, and it will never be closed again. The free flow of information will continue, even if you...
[August 15, 2003, 18:20]
Consumer demand calls for more flash memory
News Camcorders, which use various storage formats such as magnetic tape and mini-DVDs to store video, also are expected to migrate to NAND flash, Handy said. Soaring demand for consumer gadgets like the iPod and digital cameras has pushed Intel and...
[November 22, 2005, 14:10]
Storage fashion favouring tapes
News Tape libraries are robotic mechanisms that house a number of magnetic tape drives and cartridges. The maker of disk-based storage systems announced on Thursday that it will resell tape-based devices from Advanced Digital Information as a way of...
[June 14, 2004, 8:35]
State Department technology under the spotlight
News The rest relied on a system that used magnetic tape and CD-ROM files and tended to be at least six weeks out of date, or on older microfiche technology that was so out of date and time-consuming that staff members said they often did not check the...
[September 12, 2001, 10:00]
Looking for True Permanence in File Storage
Blog IBM and Univac labeled magnetic memory storage on disc, drum or tape as temporary. I guess it had to happen. I haven't been in any IT situation yet where users on their own managed to backup everything they wanted to keep permanently.
[May 9, 2008, 11:47]
The CD is 25. Rupert is somewhat older...
Blog And did you know that eight track was designed (in the face of many people saying that it was impossible to get tracks that narrow on magnetic tape) by Bill Lear, who also created the eponymous jet? So there I was, recording an interview for the...
[August 17, 2007, 15:26]
Passwords are the weakest link
News In the pre-Internet Age of 1979, when storage was measured in the number of bits that could fit on a foot of magnetic tape, a seminal paper on password security found that a third of users' passwords could be broken in less than five minutes.
[May 22, 2002, 15:50]
Electronic evidence raises questions in porn case
News Benedict pleaded guilty to the child pornography charges in June 2001 after being refused full access to the hard drives, floppy disks and tape backups that federal agents seized in an evening raid on his home in February 1995.
[August 30, 2002, 14:24]
