A record 152.9 exabytes of total compressed tape capacity shipped in the fourth quarter of 2023, an increase of 3.14 percent over 2022. The figures were released by the LTO Program Technology Provider ...

Storage this cheap sounds fake until you learn it comes with a few industrial-strength catches.

IBM announced the general availability of the industry’s first magnetic tapes and drives based on the LTO-9 Ultrium specification for massive data capacity and resilience. The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) 9 ...

2023 was a strong year for LTO tape technology with a record 152.9 Exabytes* (EB) of new LTO capacity shipped “LTO tape technology continues to realize annual gains. LTO tape utilization is poised to ...

In context: The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) format for tape-based magnetic data recording was developed in the Nineties as an open-standard alternative to proprietary tape formats. The technology provides ...

The companies behind the LTO (Linear Tape Open) standard recently published a new roadmap that extends the format up to a proposed 1440TB 14th generation. Can it deliver? Tape still has a vital role ...

SILICON VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, International Business Machines Corporation and Quantum Corporation, ...

LTO-9 is now available, but the roadmap to its release was changed and it doesn’t have the amount of storage it was originally meant to have. Has tape still got a future? You may have missed the ...

Quantum has launched the Scalar i6H tape storage system, aimed at hyperscalers and enterprises that want to use tape to serve data to users. It comes in rack unit format, rather than as a tape library ...