IBM claim world record in tape storage
IBM claim world record in tape storage
IBM has introduced a new tape storage platform into the market which the vendor claims is the world's highest capacity tape storage device.
The snappily-titled IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive 3592 is targeted at customers seeking the ability to use one tape drive to address both capacity and access-oriented applications, assisting with storage consolidation.
"At a time when more customers are concerned with business resiliency and regulatory requirements, the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive 3592 represents a turning point in the tape storage industry. We are responding to customers seeking extremely efficient storage solutions, superior performance and capacity at a better price," said Barry Rudolph, vice president, Tape Storage Strategy at IBM. "Everything we know, after more than 51 years in the tape storage business, is incorporated in this product, which is designed to provide not only capacity, performance and extensibility, but also a highly flexible and efficient storage solution."
To help meet customers increased storage and processing requirements, IBM’s Enterprise Tape Drive is able to integrate into IBM’s 3494 family of linear tape libraries, providing scalability with up to five petabytes of information storage, or enough storage for DVD movies with a total running time of 225 years. The drive is designed to work with IBM’s 3494 tape library, STK silo tape libraries or as a stand alone rack solution.
IBM also plans to introduce Write Once Read Many (WORM) media technology for the 3592 tape drive so that once written, data on the cartridges can’t be overwritten. This capability is of particular interest to customers that need to store large quantities of electronic records to meet regulatory and internal audit requirements. Additionally IBM plans to introduce a family of cartridge capacities to provide multiple price/performance points.
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