Network Storage

LTO Tape Capacity Shipments reached new record in 2021

The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM and Quantum Corporation, have released their annual tape media shipment report, detailing year-over-year shipments through the fourth quarter of 2021. The report reveals 148 Exabytes1 (EB) of total tape capacity (compressed) shipped in 2021.

Pancakes, Doughnuts, French Bread, and Backups

An odd list to be grouped together, but probably anyone reading this article has an interest in all these items, whether that’s good or not. Before we dive a little deeper into the main article, let’s see if we can make any eliminations to get to our target topic. 

First Fujifilm LTO-9 Tapes Arrive in Australia

Stutch Data has taken delivery of the first pallet of FUJIFILM LTO-9 tapes in Australia. LTO-9 is the latest generation of LTO tape technology released with a native capacity of 18TB and up to 45TB compressed. According to Stutch Data GM, Richard Stutchbury, the future has never looked brighter for LTO tapes.

Australia Cloud spend to reach US$14.1B in 2025: GlobalData

The total addressable market size for cloud computing in Australia, in terms of enterprise spending opportunity, is poised to reach US$14.1B in 2025, supported by large-scale digital transformation initiatives taken up by businesses to counter pandemic-related operational issues, forecasts GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Why Tape Backup Is Experiencing a Renaissance in the Digital Era

There's no shortage of stories reporting the – supposedly –imminent death of tape storage. The stories always cite the drawbacks of the technology, which, granted, are not insignificant.

Archive solution designed to handle exponential data growth

FUJIFILM and the iRODS Consortium have announced a collaboration and integration creating a joint solution built upon FUJIFILM Object Archive software.

Survey Reveals Emerging Challenges Amid Shift to the Cloud

Immuta has announced the findings from its 2022 State of Data Engineering Survey, which examined the changing landscape of data engineering and emerging challenges as companies shift data management workloads to the cloud. 

Unleash Thousands of Exabytes of Data Locked Away on Tape

Aparavi and GEN3i have announced an alliance to provide companies to locate data that was previously inaccessible, and locate intelligently the right information at low cost.

Distributed File Systems and Object Storage: Understanding the Differences

With enterprises set to triple the amount of unstructured data they have stored in the next four years, according to Gartner, enterprises are looking for efficient ways to manage and analyse that data. This trend has spiked a massive shift toward distributed file systems and object storage that enable enterprises to scale linearly (scale-out) in a cost-effective manner to address their performance and capacity needs. 

Fujifilm, Tiger Bridge Partner on Storage Solution

FUJIFILM has announced a joint marketing alliance with Tiger Technology to provide a long-term, secure, and scalable storage management solution for the seamless movement of data from a primary storage tier to tape storage.

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