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Green grow the LTO tape sales-oh

posted on 18 June 2008 05:44

Tape recession - what recession?

IDC figures show mid-range tape drive shipments grew 10 percent in 2007 with LTO drive sales growing 15 percent, showing LTO consolidation of the mid-range tape market proceeding strongly.

According to IDC, over $883.1 million of LTO tape drives shipped in 2007. The format’s adoption in tape automation is up three percent from the end of 2006.(1) Robert Amatruda, the reporting IDC analyst, said: “The LTO share numbers demonstrate that LTO tape continues to thrive."

Disk-to-disk backup and virtual tape library use are growing strongly but tape is holding its own as a green backup target of last resort. 

(1) “IDC Worldwide Tape Qview Q4 CY07” by Robert Amatruda.

[Paul Roberts, news editor.]

 

 

tags:  LTO 

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