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220TB Tapes Show Tape Storage Still Has a Long Future
alphadogg writes: IBM and Fujifilm have figured out how to fit 220TB of data on a standard-size tape that fits in your hand, flexing the technology's strengths as a long-term storage medium. The prototype Fujifilm tape and accompanying drive technology from IBM labs packs 88 times as much data onto a tape as industry-standard LTO-6 systems using the same size cartridge, IBM says. LTO6 tape can hold 2.5TB, uncompressed, on a cartridge about 4 by 4 inches across and 2 centimeters thick. The new technologies won't come out in products for several years.
Write Once Read Never
LHCs tape archive is stored in the closet next to the superconducting magnet.
Have gnu, will travel.
It's usually cheaper to use consumer drives and some better software to manage the inevitable failure than to use enterprise drives.
There is NO difference in reliability between "consumer" and "enterprise" drives. The only reason to buy enterprise drives is because you have excess money that you are too stupid to keep. All the big storage companies use consumer grade drives, and several of them, including Google and Backblaze, have published data that clearly show there is no reliability or performance reason to buy "enterprise" drives. They are a scam.
RED drives are specifically designed for RAID enclosures to prevent early failure due to vibration and constant sleep/wake cycles.
Baloney. If this were true, it would show up in reliability data. It does not.
Sure in some situations you can get by with regular consumer gear, but in other situations it's asking for trouble.
Thanks for the advice. But I prefer to listen to people that know what they are talking about, and have data to back it up.
Btw, I have some super premium gold plated SATA cables that will DOUBLE the reliability of your enterprise drives!!! Please post your credit card number and address.