Sony to Develop LTO-6 Tape Media Technology with an estimated Storage Capacity of up to 8TB

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Sony Corporation’s Storage Media Division has signed an LTO-6 license agreement with the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs) consisting of Hewlett Packard, IBM and Quantum. This agreement now allows Sony to start developing its own LTO-6 Ultrium media.
The LTO-6 tape technology is aimed at supporting the ever-increasing storage capacity requirements of today’s data rich storage environments. Each cartridge will be able to store up to an estimated 3.2TB native (8TB 2.5:1 compressed) data. This new generation of LTO Ultrium format will also deliver an impressive data transfer rate of up to 210MB/s native (525MB/s 2.5:1 compressed). ... 続きを読む

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