world record 330TB cartridge shown

[Elixer]

This is some cool stuff, I wonder how much it will eventually cost?
I wouldn't mind using a few of these to backup everything I have.

Researchers with IBM and Sony have achieved a record data storage density on magnetic tape, packing a small cartridge with 330 terabytes of data, more than 28 times as much information as today's leading commercial technologies can hold.

Their findings, published last month, are good news for cloud services providers that find themselves having to back up and store ever-expanding volumes of information from big data applications ranging to scientific research to security and surveillance videos.

 

[XavierMace]

If you have to ask how much it is, you can't afford it. LOL.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Who needs that much porn?

 

[UsandThem]

Who needs that much porn?

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Considering LTO8 isn't even out yet (12.8TB Native, 32TB compressed), I'd be interested in seeing how long until an actual product hits a shelf (or if it ever does).

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Who needs that much porn?

It's not my porn - it's that I have a bunch of clients paying me $5/mo. to back up their porn.

 

[corkyg]

On tape?

 

[snoopy7548]

Considering LTO8 isn't even out yet (12.8TB Native, 32TB compressed), I'd be interested in seeing how long until an actual product hits a shelf (or if it ever does).

A long time. I read an article on Ars and I think it said they haven't even designed the equipment necessary to read the data, only that they have managed to store 330TB of data on a tape.

 

[sdifox]

Who does tape backup these days?

 

[XavierMace]

Places with strict long term retention policies. IE Banks.

 

[sdifox]

Places with strict long term retention policies. IE Banks.

Are tapes actually more reliable than hdds these days?

 

[bigboxes]

Who needs that much porn?

8K

 

[XavierMace]

Are tapes actually more reliable than hdds these days?

Hard drives have been getting less reliable, not more reliable. Tapes are harder to damage as well and it's super easy to setup a rotation system that can be managed by a completely non-technical schedule.

 

[sdifox]

Hard drives have been getting less reliable, not more reliable. Tapes are harder to damage as well and it's super easy to setup a rotation system that can be managed by a completely non-technical schedule.

LTO8 is supposed to do 472MBps. 12.8TB capacity translates to 7.5 hours to fill

Wonder if it will come with 16gbps fibre channel.

Haven't dealt with tape backup in ages.

I still have a dlt tape in my misc pile.

 

[BFG10K]

I read an article on Ars and I think it said they haven't even designed the equipment necessary to read the data, only that they have managed to store 330TB of data on a tape.

If you can't read the data then you can't actually prove it's stored.