There is limited information regarding intrinsic mechanical properties of different brands of tape and no information is available about the effect of storage temperature on these mechanical ...

The first electronic storage medium, magnetic tape is made of flexible plastic with one side coated with a ferromagnetic material. The data are recorded as binary digits (bits) in the form of ...

This was a rather unusual continuous-loop mini-tape cartridge that could store around 100 kB and load it at lightning speed, all at a much lower price point than a floppy drive. The low price came ...

said a virtual VTL could help open the market for replacing tape with disk-based storage. "We're selling VTLs to SMBs and enterprises, across the board," Knieriemen said. "It's a 50-50 split.

When it comes to cheap but massive data storage, magnetic tape is still the favoured choice of data centre managers. But its very slow read speed isn't great if you need to grab data off it quickly.

Based on the Serial-Attached SCSI 4.0 (SAS-4) standard, the OSW-2400 switch provides up to 48 24G lanes operating at 22.5 Gb/s, delivering 1.08 Tb/s of bandwidth, or an aggregate data transfer rate of ...

Spectra Logic, a global leader in data management and storage solutions, is unveiling the Spectra OSW-2400 Optical SAS Switch, a groundbreaking innovation in data center tape storage connectivity.

Spectra Logic has launched its OSW-2400 Optical SAS Switch to support data center tape storage connectivity. According to the company, the new switch provisions SAS fabrics as a cost-effective ...