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Top 5 Tape Takeaways for 2014

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Eric Slack

Most IT professionals, at least those over thirty, were probably introduced to tape as part of the backup system. For years tape drives and libraries have been the primary repositories for backup data, most recently with the LTO (Linear Tape…

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Can Deep Storage Help Cloud Providers Keep their Promise?

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Eric Slack

Cloud file storage and cloud-based services have historically relied on an interesting strategy, sometimes called a “Free-mium” business model. They offer a free service, typically a stripped down version of their regular product, and encourage users to upgrade to the…

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Deep Storage Connects Long Term Data Storage to the Workflow

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Eric Slack

Deep Storage is a tape tier that’s been made accessible to applications and workflows without file system limitations or the complexity of archiving solutions. Using a REST-based interface called “Deep Simple Storage Services” (DS3) Deep Storage can be directly connected…

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Can Tape Save Cloud Storage?

Posted on October 8, 2013 by George Crump

“Cloud Storage” – the term invokes a vision of an infinitely scalable disk storage system assembled from commodity hardware that can provide near-instant access to the data it stores. There are two problems with this concept of cloud storage ‘nirvana’.…

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What is LTFS?

Posted on May 18, 2010 by George Crump

Linear Tape File System (LTFS) is IBM’s recently released, self describing tape file system that enables tape media to be mounted and read by the operating system when the cartridge is inserted into the tape drive. The goal is to…

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