Tandberg Data announced its latest external LTO-5 desktop tape drive, which features a half height design and incorporates a Fibre Channel interface.
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Imation Unveils LTO Tape Libraries
Imation announced two new Linear Tape-Open (LTO) libraries aimed at the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market.
Sony to Develop LTO Ultrium 6 Magnetic Tape
Sony Corporation announced that it plans to develop LTO Ultrium 6 magnetic tape technology, which will store 3.2TB of data per cartridge and support a data transfer rate of up to 210MB/sec (native).
Rorke Integrates Tandberg LTO-5 Tape Automation
Tandberg Data and Rorke Data announced that Rorke will integrate Tandberg’s LTO Ultrium 5 tape automation systems into its line of Digital Content Archive (DCA) products for the broadcast and entertainment industries.
Big Blue Stores Big Data
IBM announced its latest automated tape library system, which is capable of storing over 2.7 exabytes of data.
Imation Shutters Magnetic Tape Plant in Oklahoma
Imation Corp. announced that it will close its magnetic tape coating plant in Weatherford, Oklahoma by April 2011, which will result in the loss of 115 jobs.
Spectra Adds LTO-5 to T-Series Tape Libraries
Spectra Logic announced that it is now shipping LTO-5 drives and Spectra certified LTO-5 media cartridges in its T-Series tape libraries. According to the statement, LTO-5 media cartridges have a native capacity of 1.5 TB (3TB with 2:1 compression) and LTO-5 drives have a native transfer rate of up to 140MBps (280MBps in compressed mode). [...]
Tandberg Unveils LTO-5 Tape Libraries and Autoloaders
Tandberg Data announced its new family of tape autoloaders and scalable libraries based on LTO-5 technology, the latest generation of the LTO Ultrium tape format. According to the statement, designed for small to medium enterprise environments, Tandberg Data’s StorageLoader and StorageLibrary Series with LTO-5 allow customers to shorten backup windows, simplify storage management and reduce [...]
Maxell and Tokyo Tech Promise 50 TB Tapes
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. and the Tokyo Institute of Technology announced that they have demonstrated a world-record areal density of 45.0 Gb/in2 in linear formatted perpendicular magnetic recording media. According to the statement, this development may enable magnetic tapes to eventually store over 50 TB of data, which is roughly 33 times larger than current LTO [...]
