A report from Solutions North Consulting studies the economic, social and governance impacts of retained data and the benefits of using LTO-9 data storage technology. The study predicts that by the year 2030 data that is infrequently accessed but must be retained, creating the data archive, will be massive. The report explains that, “The economics of data becomes the primary driver for IT professionals, including cost of ownership, technology refresh management and the growing focus on carbon impact of storage technologies.” In addition, the report notes that ‘Secure Data Guardianship’ is essential for data defense against cyber-attack. Get summary info and access to the report here.
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shnool
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Tape is dead! Long live Tape!
Love the LTO drives! Just looked up LTO 9, as you know I haven’t used LTO in a few years, but it has always impressed me with its ability to hang there in massive storage libraries, and incredible backward reading capability.
18TB, native is no slouch per tape. If one needs offline or immutable storage for compliance, certainly is a viable option.
SHNOOL who still has (for compliance reasons) a vault of older LTO tapes from an accounting system from 6 years ago.
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