tape
Latest about tape

You can now buy a 30TB tape drive and connect it to your Apple Mac Mini - and it's almost as fast as an SSD
By Wayne Williams published
You can attach a 30TB LTO-10 tape drive to an Apple Mac Mini for SSD like speeds, offline security benefits and high capacity storage.

Amazon should retire these 3 hardware storage categories ASAP to stop confusing people - does anyone still need floppy, zip, and tape?
By Wayne Williams published
Amazon should retire these three outdated hardware categories to stop confusing shoppers.

Chinese scientists want to build a 'forever' DNA tape with a 80 million DVDs storage capacity - but it will take forever to write at the current rate
By Wayne Williams published
Chinese scientists outline DNA cassette tape concept that could preserve digital data for centuries, but the writing process is glacially slow today.

Tape storage is not dead yet - but $300 LTO-10 cartridges and inflated exabyte numbers won't help its cause
By Wayne Williams published
Tape storage sees strong shipment numbers, but its affordability is undermined by LTO-10’s high cost per terabyte.

Ex-Dyson engineer to launch LTO tape holographic rival that uses cheap $5 laser diode, promises 200TB cartridges on 100m reels — but read/write speeds are unknown
By Wayne Williams published
Former Dyson engineer builds low-cost holographic storage with polymer ribbon which works seamlessly inside existing LTO libraries.

Cloud-based Tape-as-a-Service (TaaS) solution reaches general availability
By Wayne Williams published
Cloud-based Tape-as-a-Service (TaaS) solution hits general availability.

Tape Archive Platform As-a-Service (TAPAS) is the cheapest and most secure way to store 1000TB of data online
By Wayne Williams published
Tape Archive Platform As-a-Service (TAPAS) is the cheapest, and most secure way to store 1000TB of data online.

Fujifilm cranks up price of all of its data tape products, some by up to 40%
By Wayne Williams published
Fujifilm has cranked up the price of all of its data tape products, with up to 40% hikes.
Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.

