Computer World (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Flashback to the mid-1980s, when this finance company's installation of more than 80 refrigerator-size tape drives has gone nuts with inexplicable errors that kill massive, long-running jobs. read more
Thomas Net (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
ARCvault(TM) 12 value-line autoloader, ARCvault 24 rack-optimized library, and ARCvault 48 high-capacity tape library are available with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interfaces for seamless compatibility with SAS-connected servers. Combining standardization of parallel SCSI with connectivity of Fibre Channel, entry-level tape automation solutions promote efficiency and reliability. Products are used...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
ANNAPOLIS, Md. & HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zenoss Inc., a leading provider of open source network, systems and application management software, today announced that its award winning
Computer World (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
In the space of just a couple of days, Hewlett-Packard and Sony announced a new generation of Digital Audio Tape media with double capacity, Sun Microsystems introduced a tape drive that can pack 1TB on a current type of tape and IBM also announced a 1TB tape drive system.
Computer World (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
In the space of just a couple of days, Hewlett-Packard and Sony announced a new generation of Digital Audio Tape media with double capacity, Sun Microsystems introduced a tape drive that can pack 1TB on a current type of tape, and IBM also announced a 1TB tape drive system.
Hot Hardware (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
IBM Introduces the Industry's Fastest One Terabyte Storage Tape DriveNew IBM System Storage TS1130 Tape Drive Delivers New Capacity and Performance for Clients ARMONK,NY - IBM today introduced the industry’s fastest one terabyte (TB) storage tape drive, which will enable clients to protect and archive more information with less cost and less energy usage - the highest capacity and performance of any...
TechConnect Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Although it missed out on becoming the first company to deliver a 1TB tape drive, IBM didn't lose hope and is now marketing its TS1130 solution as the fastest 1TB storage tape drive around. The TS1130 uses 3592 rewritable and WORM cartridges, features a transfer rate of 160 MB/s and is equipped with a Giant Magnetoresistive (GMR) head design which is said to bring far fewer data read errors. "IBM is...
PC World (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
HP and Sony doubled the density of their DAT data storage tapes while IBM and Sun introduced 1T-byte enterprise tape drives.
DrunkenData.com (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
I haven’t read all the details yet, but both Sun and IBM will shortly release 1TB capacity tape drives, according to this piece in NetworkWorld. Frankly, I have been getting pissed off every time I hear the old tape is dead refrain, bolstered by the suggestion that disk capacities are outstripping tape. From Sun’s page: Highest capacity [...]
Supercomputing Online (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
New IBM System Storage TS1130 Tape Drive Delivers New Capacity and Performance for Clients: IBM today introduced the industry's fastest one terabyte (TB) storage tape drive, which will enable clients to protect and archive more information with less cost and less energy usage - the highest capacity and performance of any tape drive in the market.
The San Francisco Business Times (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sony Corp. are working together on a new digital audio tape standard, and each company will sell its own tape drives and cartridges based on the technology. (HPQ) (SNE)
The Register (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
DAT 320 gets fat Hewlett-Packard and Sony are putting their heads together again to make a denser breed of Digital Audio Tape drives and cassettes.…
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
PALO ALTO, California and TOKYO, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- HP and Sony Corporation today announced an agreement to create the next generation Digital Audio Tape () format - the DAT 320 - providing improved performance and capacity over existing DAT drives. HP and Sony are jointly developing the DAT or Digital Data Storage (DDS) standard, but will separately offer their own DAT 320 tape drives and cartridges....
BwT (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Hard drives reaching 1 terabyte of storage is new, but not new enough to get excited about. However, since many enterprises still rely upon and trust tape as their primary data archiving medium, HDD reaching 1TB is relatively meaningless for them. However, now that Sun has unveiled 1TB capacity...
TechSpot (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Hard drives reaching 1 terabyte of storage is new, but not new enough to get excited about. However, since many enterprises still rely upon and trust tape as their primary data archiving medium, HDD reaching 1TB is relatively meaningless for them. However, now that Sun has unveiled 1TB capacity tapes, business with mass amounts of data to store have something to smile about. The Storage Tek T10000...
