The use of magnetic tape and other removable magnetic media is now on the wane, leading to scarcity in some cases where manufacture has ceased. Is it possible to produce new magnetic tape if you don’t ...

Magnetic tape may seem like a pretty antiquated data storage technology, but its density and capacity is still hard to beat for big data centers. Now, IBM and Fujifilm have teamed up to create a ...

Storing data on magnetic tape might sound delightfully retro, but it’s actually still widely in use for archival purposes thanks to its high data density. Now researchers at the University of Tokyo ...

An April 4 U.S. Department of Government Efficiency social post announced that the U.S. General Services Administration IT team “just saved $1M per year by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70 year ...

LTO-10, the newest generation of the LTO Ultrium tape format, was announced today. Full-height drives and media are available for immediate ordering from vendors like Symply and Spectra Logic.

Wait a moment — have I stepped into a time machine? We all know that magnetic tape is so….yesterday. Isn’t all storage these days on solid-state or hard-disk drive (HDD) memory? The answer is yes, it ...

The head drum of a six-head NTSC Hi-Fi VHS VCR, with the rotating portion of the head drum elevated for clarity. By Oww. Own work, CC BY 2.5 The head drum of a six-head NTSC Hi-Fi VHS VCR, with the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. This week, IBM introduced the Diamondback Tape Library ...