Tape (and DNA?) needed to meet archive demand by 2030
A report has claimed that there could be a huge gap in archive data storage needs by 2030, with tape and possibly DNA storage the only viable technologies to...
MAID and WORM PLC flash archive
Seeing a 128TB Samsung SSD using QLC (4bits/cell) flash got me thinking abut a PLC (5bits/cell) version which could have a 150TB or so capacity. Imagine 32 of these...
Tape is low cost and a low carbon storage winner
Consultant Brad Johns thinks moving archive data from disk to a 60:40 tape:disk situation could cut its ten-year CO2 emissions by almost 60 percent and its total cost of...
Zettabyte era brings archiving front and center
Veteran storage analyst Fred Moore told a Fujifilm event audience that we're entering a zettabyte era of data storage and archival storage will be the dominant technology by capacity.
The...
Spectra Logic: A niche storage empire
Over 43 years Spectra Logic has built a niche tape, archive, nearline, object, on-premises, and multi-cloud data management empire.
Quantum is the only other standalone tape library and adjacent systems...
Quantum: LTO tape roadmap falls short
Quantum CEO and president Jamie Lerner has suggested that the Linear Tape Open (LTO) consortium was not ambitious enough for tape and its standards were insufficient for hyperscalers.
The Scalar...
Quantum’s slow growth needs rights issue to shore up balance sheet and pay off...
Quantum's final fiscal 2022 quarter and full year results, hit by supply chain issues, saw its cash balance drop necessitating a rights issue to strengthen the balance sheet and...
Folio Photonics joins Active Archive Alliance
Archive optical disk developer Folio Photonics has joined the Active Archive Alliance, bringing it a step closer to delivering product into an archive ecosystem.
The Folio Photonics DataFilm Disk (DFD) has...
Quantum positions ActiveScale as HPC secondary storage
Interview: Quantum, known best for its flash, disk and tape storage, also sells into the data-intensive world of HPC storage. We spoke to Quantum's Eric Bassier, senior director, Product...
Will tape play a ‘critical role’ in the zettabyte era as its supporters hope?
The Tape Storage Council has put out a report saying tape will play an even broader role in the IT ecosystem as data storage growth continues.
We beg to differ.
The...
Rockport flat network boosts UK supercomputer
Rockport Network’s flat, switchless network is interconnecting compute nodes and storage systems in ExCALIBUR, the UK’s DiRAC exascale supercomputer test environment.
Rockport believes that hierarchical leaf-spine, switched networks are inherently...
Storage news ticker – April 20
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An updated all-flash array history chart includes newer entrants like VAST Data and StoreOne, older ones like Fusion-io, Violin and Vexata, and more acquisitions. Enjoy this snapshot and tell...