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Linear Tape-Open
Linear Tape-Open (LTO) is an open-format tape storage technology developed by Hewlett-Packard (HP), International Business Machines (IBM), and Certance. The term "open-format" means that users have access to multiple sources of storage media products that will be compatible. The high-capacity implementation of LTO technology is known
as the LTO Ultrium format, or simply LTO Ultrium.
The LTO Ultrium technology has evolved through several generations.The latest of these is Generation 3, which became available in late 2004 and provides data storage capacity of up to 800 gigabytes (GB) and a maximum transfer rate of 80 to 160 megabytes per second (MB/s). Generations 4, 5, and 6 are
currently under development. Generation 4 is planned to provide a maximum storage capacity of 1.6 terabytes (TB) and a transfer rate of up to 240 MB/s. Generation 5 is expected to have a maximum storage capacity of 3.2 TB and a transfer rate of up to 360 MB/s. Generation 6 is expected to have a maximum storage capacity of 6.4 TB and a transfer rate of up to 540 MB/s. (All of these capacity and transfer speed figures are based on 2:1 data compression.)
Advancements in LTO technology have historically involved several factors, including the materials from which the tape is manufactured, the digital encoding and compression methods used, the physical speed with which the tape moves through the drive, the length of the tape in each cartridge, and the physical density of data bits on the tape.
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> The LTO Web site provides details.
> SearchStorage.com is a storage-specific portal with information about tape hardware.
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EMC: The highs and lows of 2004
[SearchStorage.com]
EMC made some important improvements to its core products, snagged a big cheese from IBM and sold 30 petabytes of Centera, but next year will be a bigger test for the company.
Best security products of 2004
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Information Security magazine and research partner evaluated 1,239 products to come up with the year's best at securing networks.
The top 10 challenges for Microsoft in 2005
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As another year comes to a close, it's time for researchers at Directions on Microsoft to issue their annual list of top challenges for Microsoft, a company whose every move is intensely scrutinized.
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