Fujifilm Ramps Up Tape Capacity To 700GB
Fujifilm Ramps Up Tape Capacity To 700GB
January 8, 2006: Fujifilm has enhanced IBM’s NANOCUBIC tape formulation. They haven’t reached one terabyte yet, which was the goal when first announced in 2002, but it comes close with an impressive 700GB on a single tape cartridge.
Fujifilm Nanocubic technology results in a tape with an ultra-thin layer coating that produces higher resolution for recording digital data, ultra-low noise and high signal-to-noise ratios that are ideal for magneto-resistive (MR) heads. This has been made possible through Fujifilm's ability to control particles, and their coating and dispersion on a nanometre scale.
A new IBM System Storage 3592 Extended Data high-capacity tape media was announced in October and is now available from IBM in both re-writeable or Write Once, Read Many (WORM) formats, Fujifilm said.
The cartridges may be integrated into the IBM TS3500 Tape Library, the 3494 Tape Library and the Silo Compatible Tape Drive Frame 3592 Model C20 as well as into stand-alone environments. The ability to be used in a variety of system architectures potentially can help customers reduce space requirements, improve library utilization, and protect current investments.
Fujifilm says the announcement is the next step to achieving multiple terabyte storage on a single cartridge, which comes after IBM researchers demonstrating the ability to store 6.67 billion bits (Gigabits) per square inch of data tape using the linear recording format.