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How Open Source Could Drive a Tape Storage Comeback By Henry Newman | Article Published December 21, 2011 Tape could make a comeback, thanks to Linear Tape File System (LTFS), which was developed and then open sourced by IBM. Tags: open source, tape storage Tape Archiving Sees Upturn, Helped by Big Data By Drew Robb | Article Published November 09, 2011 Rumors of the demise of tape-based archiving have been greatly exaggerated. What's fueling the renaissance in tape? Tags: tape storage, archiving, tape, disk Data Storage's Wrong-Headed Past By Henry Newman | Article Published September 02, 2011 Data storage expert Henry Newman looks back at the history of storage and feels amazed at how often the same mistakes have been repeated. Don't people ever learn? Tags: data storage, data storage management, tape storage The Limits of Tape Storage, 2011 Version By Henry Newman | Article Published August 25, 2011 Data storage expert Henry Newman helps data managers understand tape storage's limitation long before it causes problems. Tags: data storage, data storage management, tape storage The Unsung Story of Tape Storage By Henry Newman | Article Published June 30, 2011 Data storage expert Henry Newman talks about the hard reality of tape storage: it wears out. Yet Newman opines that tape is still the best data storage medium. Tags: data storage, tape storage Cutting Data Storage Costs: 10 Tips By Drew Robb | Article Published October 22, 2010 The good news is that storage is less expensive then it once was. And with the right strategies, it can be cheaper still. Tags: data storage, data storage management, database administration, disk drives, tape storage Is Enterprise Tape a 'Second Class' Citizen? By Henry Newman | Article Published June 18, 2010 The data storage networking industry has been moving strongly toward disk tiers, but has anyone given any thought to doing the same for tape? Tags: disk drives, storage networking, tape storage, enterprise storage, storage network |