Recent announcements in magnetic tape and optical disc technology promise hefty storage media for future data archive applications. The LTO program announced its generation 14 with 576TB of native ...

When it comes to archiving data, there are three different approaches, generally speaking. Selecting the right system hinges on technical capabilities as well as external factors such as budget ...

As data creation and retention rates continue to increase, the time frame for active data use has shrunk, with most files accessed less frequently and for shorter periods before becoming dormant. This ...

Hitachi Data Systems is set to announce Tuesday its acquisition of Archivas, a developer of software for archiving and searching of data for compliance applications. Archivas' Archive Cluster (ArC) ...

Magnetic tape storage has a long history as a storage medium, being the primary way to store computer data from the 1960s to the 1980s. More recently, tape has been most closely associated with backup ...

For roughly a decade, Microsoft has been perfecting a high-density storage technology that uses glass, lasers, and cameras, and ensures it stays intact for millennia. That's a huge improvement over ...

The ProLiant Data Protection Server is essentially a bundle of Microsoft&s Windows Data Protection Manager (DPM) software with a ProLiant server, said Duncan Campbell, vice president of marketing for ...

Versity’s archiving products only start at dozens of petabytes of minimum storage volumes, while its installed storage volume has reached several exabytes with no sign of slowing down. “We actually ...

French manufacturer Biomemory aims to present a first functional DNA storage system for data centers this year.

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) seeks information regarding molecular-scale data storage and archiving. IARPA is investigating faster, better, cheaper ways to store data.