Durham DiRAC gets cosmological data on tape
The DiRAC supercomputing facility at Durham University in the UK is using two Spectra tape libraries to store cosmological data about galactic evolution.
DiRAC (Distributed Research using Advanced Computing) is...
Your occasional storage digest with MariaDB, HPE, WD, IBM and more
This week we have an improved MariaDB database, HPE’s Alletra array getting faster access, WD announcing a much faster 5G phone-embedded flash drive and IBM producing an all-IBM tape...
Spectra improves StorCycle with high availability, more tiers and better job control
Tape, disk and cloud data archiver Spectra has extended its StorCycle data lifecycle management software with more detailed job controls, encryption, a new fast-access storage tier and automatic restarts...
Your occasional storage digest with TrendForce NAND figures and more than 25 other announcements
At opposite ends of the storage speed spectrum, IBM is withdrawing LT06 tape products and Phison has a fast PCIe Gen 4 SSD controller. Meanwhile, NAND revenues are growing...
Model9 touts mainframe data services in the cloud
Model9, a storage startup, is parlaying its software that replaces mainframe tape backup into a cloud data services gateway. The company has a big ambition - namely to replace...
Petabyte tape cartridges are coming down the line
Fujifilm is working on a petabyte tape cartridge. This behemoth could go into production from 2035, according to a slide deck in a company press briefing today.
A 1PB tape...
Hyperscalers demand tape, Quantum happy to oblige
Quantum’s third fiscal 2021 quarter revenues ended December 31 were $98m, down 5.1 per cent and net income was -$2.7m, down from $4.7m. But Chairman and CEO Jamie Lerner...
Spectra Logic: We do Azure now
Spectra Logic has upgraded its StorCycle file lifecycle management software, with V3.3 adding support for Azure, more AWS S3 tiers, and improved workflows.
StorCycle takes ageing files from expensive primary...
Incremental storage media density magic meant flash chipped away at disk in 2020
All storage media technologies saw increased density in 2020 - tape, disk, flash, persistent memory and even DNA. However QLC flash advances meant the nearline disk bastion is...
IBM and Fujifilm demo 580TB tape. Yes it’s a record
IBM and Fujifilm have demonstrated a 580TB capacity tape - 32 times greater than current LTO-9 technology.
IBM and Fujifilm demonstrated a 220TB (raw) tape with 123 Gbits/sq in areal...
Tale of the Tape 2020 is out now, and guess what – the future...
The Tape Storage Council has released the TSC 2020 Outlook, containing its thoughts on the year and projections for the future.
Update: detail added on LTO-7 Type M and ...
Loss-making Quantum claims it is ‘now a self-sustaining business’
In 2007 Quantum was a billion dollar a year tape automation-led business. Today it is a $343.2m run rate tape and file data management business. It aims to transform...