Category: LTO

  • Why Use Tape in Today’s World?

    Why Use Tape in Today’s World?

    How did the tape come into today’s world? Tape is a drive that stores data with the help of magnetic fields. It is itself very interesting how data is stored into a magnetic tape. Firstly, the tape was not introduced directly but the idea of creating something similar to the…

  • LTO Generation Tape Comparison

    LTO Generation Tape Comparison

    Linear Tape-Open is a recording medium to store data. It has been preferred by large-scale industries. It has been in this industry since it fulfils the major requirement by these industries, i.e., data capacity. LTO is known for its data capacity. Other than data capacity there are various reasons why…

  • How is Data Stored on Tape?

    How is Data Stored on Tape?

    Introduction to tapes Tape is a narrow strip being magnetized on one side of the strip. To store data, the narrow strip goes through below the magnetic head which stores the data into bits. Various data are stored on the strip. It helps in storing digital information. They are commonly…

  • How to Transfer Data to Tape Storage

    How to Transfer Data to Tape Storage

    Purpose of copying data to tape Tape is a much more protective media to store data. You might need to transfer data to a tape store to copy data or store from another tape or maybe storing data for the first time in tape storage. Copying data to tape can…

  • Linear Tape-Open for Data Storage

    Linear Tape-Open for Data Storage

    Tape storage It is a type of data storing system. In this, magnetic tape is used as a recording medium to store data. It is a better option to keep the data safe compared to the process of data recovery. Unlike data recovery, data is retrieved from the system in…

  • How and Why to Remove Data From LTO Tape

    How and Why to Remove Data From LTO Tape

    What is LTO tape? Linear Tape-Open is a device which with the help of magnetic tape reads data, write data and store data on a magnetic tape. It is a storage device. It is available in the market with high capacity at a relatively cheap price compared to its competitors,…

  • What is the maximum capacity of magnetic tape media used today?

    What is the maximum capacity of magnetic tape media used today?

    A brief introduction to magnetic tape Magnetic tape is a tape that has a narrow plastic film with a magnetized coating on one side. The tape rolls off from one reel to another reel guided by stabilizing rollers. During this process, the tape goes through a magnetic head. This magnetic…

  • Is the use of tapes still viable as a storage media solution?

    Is the use of tapes still viable as a storage media solution?

    Tape media storage has been in the industry for six decades now. It started with U.S. and British researchers adopting the mechanism of the magneto phone which was created by Germans. It caught attention a decade later when it was used it a supercomputer UNIVAC in its auxiliary memory to…

  • LTO Technology: The Ultimate Guide You Will Ever Need

    LTO Technology: The Ultimate Guide You Will Ever Need

    LTO stands for Linear-Tape Open. Before explaining further, let us learn what is behind it. LTO is a storage device, it stores data, reads data, and writes data on a magnetic tape. Speaking about the magnetic tape, it is a tape made of a narrow strip of a plastic film…

  • WHAT IS THE LATEST LTO TECHNOLOGY? WHICH ONE SHOULD I BUY?

    WHAT IS THE LATEST LTO TECHNOLOGY? WHICH ONE SHOULD I BUY?

    What is LTO? Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Technology is type of technology that uses magnetic tape data storage. It was originally developed in the late 1990s as an open standards alternative to the proprietary magnetic tape formats from that period of time. The direction for management of licensing and standards, along…