LTO-9, the latest LTO magnetic tape standard was announced in the Fall of 2020. In the last few weeks the first LTO-9 products became available. LTO 9 tape has a raw capacity of 18TB and compressed ...

The LTO Program (HPE, IBM and Quantum Corporations) released an updated report on LTO magnetic tape shipments out to 2022. LTO tape is an open tape format developed and enhanced by HPE, IBM and ...

2023 was a strong year for LTO tape technology with a record 152.9 Exabytes* (EB) of new LTO capacity shipped “LTO tape technology continues to realize annual gains. LTO tape utilization is poised to ...

SILICON VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, International Business Machines Corporation, and Quantum Corporation, ...

The recent news that the patent dispute over LTO-8 has been resolved is a welcome one. But the time it has taken to sort out might mean that it is too little, too late. As we discussed as recently as ...

The search for a future-proof archive media takes in everything from SSDs to nano-sized quartz, but a breakthrough is happening in the world of tape. Fujifilm is currently working on stuffing 400TB ...

Combination of LTO-9 in Scalar tape libraries extends leadership in offline storage efficiency, meets customer's data security and capacity demands SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

LTO (linear tape open)-based drives are invigorating the tape storage market. New third-generation LTO drives from Certance and IBM are powering the trend. IBM TotalStorage 3580 Tape Drive Generation ...

In this special guest feature, Simon Watkins of HP Storage gives his perspectives on how LTO tape offers important storage opportunities in the era of Big Data and Cloud. Simon Watkins is Worldwide ...

With all the chaos going on these days with breaches left right and center, I'm resurrecting my old LTO-2 tape drive (UW SCSI 68-pin D connector). Now, for a long time, I've been wondering if I could ...

Just wondering what everyone does in regards to retiring old(er) LTO tape media? Do you junk it after X amount of time being read/written? After X amount of time in general (3 years from purchase date ...

Tape media and drive companies have begun shipping the sixth generation of linear-tape open (LTO) technology, which like previous generation upgrades, significantly increases the capacity and data ...