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WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF TAPE TECHNOLOGY FOR DATA STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT? There is news in the field of tape storage: two new products will be launched in 2018 which will change tape technology’s offer in the field of data storage. Planned for summer of next year is what we can call the IBM revolution; the new 3592JE drive with a 20TB capacity data tape and with 500MB/s transfer rate. Prior to this, the start of the year will see the launch of the new LTO8 with a capacity of 12TB and close to 350MB/s transfer rate (information to be...

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...