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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]
Comprehensive Comparison of Tape and Disk Archives
White Papers Measuring total cost of ownership for a magnetic disk or magnetic tape storage solution requires looking comprehensively at all of the components. But when storage media, hardware, maintenance and personnel are factored in, the total cost of tape...
[November 26, 2007, 0:33]
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]
Quantum DLT tape Technology Versus Sony AIT-2 Technology in Automated Library Applications
White Papers This white paper compares two prominent midrange magnetic tape technologies used for backup, archiving, and near on-line storage: Quantum Corporation’s DLTtape technology and Sony’s AIT-2 technology. The two are compared in terms of both their...
[September 23, 2003, 3:08]
Technologies of ETERNUS VT600 Virtual Tape System
White Papers Faster tape processing and a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) are required for IT applications that use a magnetic tape system. The ETERNUS VT600 virtual tape system was developed to meet these needs.
[March 10, 2009, 0:23]
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]
Aerospace Keeps the Skies Safer Using Real-Time Information
White Papers First, the company suffered waits between two days and two weeks to gain visibility to critical telemetry data because its only delivery mechanism was magnetic tape. Because delays can cost more than $1 million each day that a launch vehicle sits...
[April 24, 2004, 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]
Hard drives: a pictorial history review
Reviews This 1957 prototype demonstrated a new technology using disk drive heads and tracks rather than magnetic tape. Under Johnson's leadership, the lab created the first magnetic disk drive and an associated online transaction-oriented system.
[September 13, 2006, 15:10]
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]
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]
