realizm Posted May 5, 2014 Share #1 Posted May 5, 2014 5 May 2014 Last updated at 08:33 ETSony has developed a new storage tape that is able to hold up to 185 terabytes (TB) of data per cartridge. Created with the help of IBM, Sony's technology allows for tapes that can store the equivalent of 3,700 Blu-ray discs. The tape hold 148 gigabits (Gb) per square inch - beating a record set in 2010 more than five times over.Storage tapes are typically used by businesses to hold huge amounts of data for a long time.Analysts IDC predict that by 2020, global data storage will amount to 40 trillion gigabytes - around 5,200 gigabytes per person.Using tape is a cheaper and more energy efficient method of storing data when compared to power-hungry large data centres full of hard drives. However, retrieving data from tape is a far slower process. Storage tapes only offer sequential access - meaning data has to be accessed in the order in which it was written. The tape has to literally be moved to the right position for the data to be accessed.Read more: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted May 6, 2014 Share #2 Posted May 6, 2014 throwback to the 90's! Very cool stuff right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 6, 2014 Share #3 Posted May 6, 2014 Just in time for the NSA. I think they'll take about 10,000 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted May 6, 2014 Just in time for the NSA. I think they'll take about 10,000 of them. LOL I'm sure they will be investing in this technology in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted May 9, 2014 Share #5 Posted May 9, 2014 They still won't beat the Archival Disc that's also being worked on by Sony. In terms of longevity, discs can't be beat by tapes. Tapes require special storage to keep them from rotting over the decades and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingoat Posted May 10, 2014 Share #6 Posted May 10, 2014 They will use solid state disks as they can be read as any disk plus no special conditions as atmosphere controls costs add up with tape with other drawbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted May 10, 2014 Share #7 Posted May 10, 2014 They will use solid state disks as they can be read as any disk plus no special conditions as atmosphere controls costs add up with tape with other drawbacks. Flash memory in general is a terrible archival format. It's expensive, prone to degradation simply from reading the memory (or powering up the chip), and is not a reliable storage medium for long time spans. For archives, you want high density, and SSDs don't fit the bill. Every SSD comes with its own flash memory and all the extra hardware and firmware in the package to abstract the underlying memory. A disc comes with nothing but the raw storage. If not for the reliability and price problem, I would recommend a boatload of 128GB SanDisk MicroSDXC cards for backup. They are very space-efficient! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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