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LTO Roadmap extended to Generation 14.

Posted on 27-09-2023, in LTO Roadmap by Stuart Humphrey

The LTO Program’s latest technology roadmap details specifications for up to fourteen generations of tape technology. The LTO Program first released its LTO Ultrium standard in 2000 with a capacity of 200 GB per cartridge compressed. Two decades later, the LTO Program released LTO generation 9, which supports tape cartridge storage compressed capacity of up to 45 TB* and tape drive data transfer rates of up to 1,000 MB/second*. At less than...

LTO Tape Growth Remains on Track in Volatile Environment

Posted on 23-01-2023, in LTO Tape Growth by Stuart Humphrey

LTO Tape Market Long Term ForecastsBased on current information, the 2022 tape native capacity is forecast to rise 14% to 79.30EB (Exabytes) slightly less than the 17% growth projected earlier in 2022. For 2023, capacity shipment growth is forecast to rise 13% as slowing growth from on-premises customers is offset partially by expected cloud increases, discussed in the next section. While LTO-9 was released one year ago, adoption of this latest...

Server and Backup (RAID with LTO)

Posted on 08-03-2017, in Data Storage by Stuart Humphrey

Thunderbolt RAID and LTO-7 Tape Archiving Solution for Digital Workflows Finally a simple all-in-one solution for your digital workflow. 1. Copy your camera cards / data to the high speed RAID 2. Edit your data stored on the 6x 2.5" HDDs or SSDs 3. Archive your raw data and finished projects to LTO tape. That's it. You have moved your data from all the small SD cards etc over to a server for post production and editing and have sa...

Lacie goes BIG Thunderbolt3

Posted on 18-01-2017, in Data Storage by Stuart Humphrey

              LaCie® 12big Thunderbolt™ 3, a professional 12-bay desktop RAID storage unit designed by Neil Poulton. With up to 120TB of capacity, the breakthrough performance of Thunderbolt 3 and RAID 5/6, the LaCie 12big helps video professionals meet the data demands of 4/5/6K cameras. At up to 120TB, the LaCie 12big boasts a 50 percent higher capacity* than any other desktop d...

SagePay – making payments easier

Posted on 06-12-2016, in Uncategorized by Stuart Humphrey

Ordering just got easier with ImageStore. one time registration save details when checking out  (via the secure SagePay system) for future purchases only your CV2 code is required Single click checkout with no loss of security. *To implement this tick the Save Card Details for future use box when you checkout. *You are also not obligated to use this function when purchasing with Imagestore. As well as all major Card paym...

LTO-7

Posted on 26-04-2016, in Data Storage by Stuart Humphrey

LTO-7 Ultrium Tape Drives for Data Protection and Retention LTO-7 tape drives deliver reliable data protection with huge capacity and performance at an affordable price. In addition, they use less power than LTO-5 drives, making a "greener" and more energy efficient solution. LTO is the best long term storage medium for data, with a shelf life of 30 years removable for...

Drobo – the first 64TB NAS system

Posted on 01-02-2016, in Data Storage by Stuart Humphrey

DROBO LAUNCHES THE WORLD’S FIRST 64TB NAS WITH DATA AWARE TIERING DroboTM, the maker of smart storage arrays for businesses and professionals launched the B810n hybrid storage system. Built on the award-winning BeyondRAIDTM technology, coupled with hybrid storage and innovative data aware tiering, the Drobo B810n is 5-times faster than its predecessor and delivers a level of automation and technical sophistication usually reserved for...

Data Storage : LTO tape vs RDX cartridge (Updated Dec2015)

Posted on 16-12-2015, in Data Storage by Stuart Humphrey

We cannot avoid choice in today’s market. Whether it’s choosing a car, a phone, even a light bulb. This also applies to data storage. Choice is healthy, it brings options, price competition but also a higher degree of user confusion. I have lost count where due to choice I have ended up buying nothing. So this article is about helping to distinguish between two data storage devices. Retaining your data is an important facet for every busines...