Fujifilm And Ibm Expand Enterprise Tape Storage Capacity

Fujifilm And Ibm Expand Enterprise Tape Storage Capacity

FUJIFILM Corporation, a leading global provider of enterprise and midrange data storage media and parent company of FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc., announced today that it worked with IBM to enhance the company’s unique NANOCUBIC tape formulation to create a tape cartridge with 700GB of uncompressed storage capacity. The technology was developed for use in the IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drive, introduced in 2005 and now the first enterprise-grade tape system to offer 700 GB of uncompressed storage capacity on a single cartridge.

“IBM prides itself on bringing the latest technology innovation to its enterprise storage products,” said IBM’s Cindy Grossman, vice president, tape storage systems. “This advanced tape cartridge is designed to bring additional capacity to the second-generation IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drive to meet the increasing demand among enterprises for high capacity reliable data storage and reduced cost of operations.”

This new IBM System Storage 3592 Extended Data high-capacity tape media was announced in October and is now available from IBM in both re-writeable or Write Once, Read Many (WORM) formats. It is the first 700 GB tape media available to customers. The cartridges may be integrated into the IBM TS3500 Tape Library, the 3494 Tape Library and the Silo Compatible Tape Drive Frame 3592 Model C20 as well as into stand-alone environments. The ability to be used in a variety of system architectures potentially can help customers reduce space requirements, improve library utilization, and protect current investments.

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