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Is an Active Archive the Solution for Big Data?

Big Data – what it means can be specific to whom you ask. From the proliferation of rich detail captured by businesses, online and offline, to the amount of metadata that supports information gathered, Big Data means Bigger Storage. For IT managers, the rapidly growing necessity of more data storage, without drastic budget expansions is […]

What’s so great about LTFS?

Unless you’ve been hiding out in your data center for the past two years, you’ve probably heard of Linear Tape File Systems, or LTFS, making an entrance into the data storage industry. Storage professionals who were once frustrated by the difficulties of tape management are now turning to tape for their long-term storage needs without […]

Definition of LTO and LTFS

Due to the increase in volumes of corporate databases the demand for backup storage space needed has also increased. In today’s world all corporate companies demand a low budget, reliable and faster storage system. LTFS is an open standard; interchangeable with other LTO-5 brands, and is also cross-platform, so you can use the tape as […]

LTFS and Active Archive: The Next Technology in Data Storage

Magnetic tapes have been used for data storage since about 50 years. The problem with this method of data storage was that this did not allow the metadata to be held in a form which was easily accessible. Also, when stored in magnetic tapes, files could not be saved in an organized manner with proper […]

LTFS and LTO (Linear Tape Open ) Eclipse Optical Disc

Regarding computer data backups and shift, optical discs become obsolete as more compact as well as effective devices turn into common. Since optical discs are gradually swapped out, one might use a USB flash drive to transfer smaller pieces of media; bigger sectors may be transferred with magnetic tape. Usually, tape has become proprietary and […]