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The LTO Program, a consortium to develop and make available LTO as an open format, which was formed by technology provider companies Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM and Quantum, continues work on the roadmap of the LTO Ultrium tape format. “We’re talking about the continuing progress of the LTO format, having released version LTO-7, and we are now working on LTO-8,” said an LTO Program representative. “The main focus is on increasing the capacity of LTO-8 to 12TB. "The volumes and retention periods of data are growing faster than advancements in hard disk technology. This increases the demand for cost-effective, secure...

As a certified Oracle StorageTek Tape Library Specialist, PMD Data Solutions offer a complete range of Oracle StorageTek data management solutions. The Oracle StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library is the ideal backup and archive solution for a growing digital achive with seamless scalability, and low cost. Featuring industry-leading LTO-7 Ultrium technology, the Oracle StorageTek SL150 offers massive storage density and data management, in a compact form factor. Scale from an initial 30 slot base module to a maximum 300 slot in a standard rack. All major components are customer-installable and upgradable. For larger data environments, the Oracle StorageTek SL3000 Modular...

As the Big Data revolution continues, a recent survey has estimated that a massive 40 Zettabytes (40 billion terabytes) of data will be created by 2020. With all that data being created by professional industries from broadcast media right through to healthcare, it's impossible to ignore the growing need for new and innovative developments in data management technology. Reliable and robust systems of data management, backup and archive are essential. It is now more possible for data management solutions to work in harmony to meet the needs of commerce, industry, broadcast and research organisations. There is a misconception that businesses...

Does your organization store data sets that are rarely, if ever, accessed but required to be retained due to policy or regulations? Are these cold or stale data sets cluttering your primary storage and backup / restore capabilities? The HPE StoreEver Archive Manager Software solution integrates into storage workflow by creating an archive of infrequently-accessed data sets onto cost-effective tape by moving data from primary storage to reliable HPE StoreEver LTO Tape Libraries such as the StoreEver MSL6480. HPE StoreEver Archive Migrator and HPE StoreEver Archive Replicator execute polices for identifying target archive data and enables copying data to multiple...

We have detailed in our previous news article, innovations in tape media storage. A key breakthrough in this technological field is HP StoreOpen software and LTFS (Linear Tape File System), and the introduction of Fuji LTO7 tapes and other high technology brands. This incredible software now makes LTO tape media file-based and self-describing, meaning a data tape can now be accessed and managed as easily as a hard disk or flash memory drive. The result of this is a high capacity, robust data management system which is easy to access and control. Long term back-up and archive data becomes easy...