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Advancements in Tape Outpace Disk Technology

Authors:
Isabel Schwerdtfeger

Keywords: Archive; Capacity; Costs; Disk; High Performance Computing (HPC); High Performance Storage System (HPSS); Linear Tape Open (LTO); Performance; Tape; Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Abstract:
Tape technologies are able to effectively address many new data intensive market opportunities. Tape has traditionally been a primary backup device, but it no longer does that alone. Recent tape advances have made greater progress than disk technologies over the past 10 years. Today’s modern tape technology is able to efficiently store huge amounts of data in a cost and efficient way. This paper examines the hypothesis that tape shall be viewed as an active or “near-line” storage component, essential in any petabyte (PB) or exabyte (EB) storage environment.

Pages: 1 to 5

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: June 21, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3484

ISBN: 978-1-61208-416-9

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Dates: from June 21, 2015 to June 26, 2015