Currently, magnetic storage is still manufactured as hard disk drives (HDDs) but you won’t find a tape drive in a modern consumer computer. That’s not likely to change but IBM is pushing the ...

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Spectra Logic has launched its OSW-2400 Optical SAS Switch to support data center tape storage connectivity. According to the ...

Based on the Serial-Attached SCSI 4.0 (SAS-4) standard, the OSW-2400 switch provides up to 48 24G lanes operating at 22.5 ...

This was a rather unusual continuous-loop mini-tape cartridge that could store around 100 kB and load it at lightning speed, all at a much lower price point than a floppy drive. The low price came ...

When it comes to cheap but massive data storage, magnetic tape is still the favoured choice of data centre managers. But its very slow read speed isn't great if you need to grab data off it quickly.