Linear Tape File System Now an International Standard (Written by David Pease, Co-Chair SNIA Linear Tape File System Technical Working Group)
Today’s BlogBytes post was previously shared on the SNIA blog, and is written by David Pease, Co-Chair SNIA Linear Tape File System Technical Working Group. For more information on the Storage Networking Industry Association, visit www.snia.org In 2011 the Linear Tape File System (LTFS) earned IBM an Engineering Emmy Award after being recognized by FOX Networks for “improving the ability of…
SNIA LINEAR TAPE FILE SYSTEM FORMAT SPECIFICATION NOW AN ISO/IEC STANDARD
ISO/IEC reinforces confidence in file management system for Linear Tape-Open technology SILICON VALLEY, CA. and COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. (June 8, 2016) The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Consortium and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced today that the Linear Tape File System (LTFS) Format Specification is now an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical…
THE LTO PROGRAM LAUNCHES TAPE MEDIA SHIPMENT REPORT, INCLUDING QUARTERLY DATA AND 2015 YEAR-OVER-YEAR
Latest trends show tape as key component of evolving storage landscape SILICON VALLEY, CALIF. — (March 22, 2016) — The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM and Quantum today released the total industry LTO Ultrium format tape media shipment data, announcing a record 76,000 PB (compressed) of total capacity shipped in 2015…
Data Sticks to Tape
Some have said that tape storage is dying or is even dead! They say that tape is slow, not easy to use, requires lots of people to manage, costs more than disk, and is not as reliable as other forms of storage. Those thoughts have been shown to be false. Read on to understand why…