Tape drives are fast enough, says Quantum
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In a move that I think is more sensible, Quantum has decided to cease with push for more speed with their tape drives. Instead, they are going to place the bulk of their efforts in the capacity arena. Good move guys, I could not agree more.
Quantum is to stop chasing extra performance for its tape drives and concentrate on capacity instead. Its latest roadmap proposes a native 10TB per cartridge by 2009, but could see it move away from the DLT platform too.
“The role of tape is changing,” says Henrik Hansen, Quantum’s new European marketing boss. “It was 80 per cent backup and 20 per cent archiving - now that’s almost swapped around, so tape is becoming more of a capacity solution and less focused on speed.”
