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Oracle unveils scalable LTO-5 tape library

The new library replaces three previous models.

Evaluating tape drive performance

Performance and capacity of tape drives continues to increase. The StorageTek T10000B has a capacity of 1TB and throughput of 120 MB/s, LTO-5 has a capacity of 1.5TB and throughput of 140 MB/s, and the StorageTek T10000C has a capacity of 5TB and throughput of 240 MB/s. This paper discusses the importance of key specifications typically used to evaluate tape drive performance.

Oracle rolls out 5 TB StorageTek drive

Oracle introduces its first StorageTek drive since its acquisition of Sun last yeat. The StorageTek T100000C scales up to 5 TB and has a maximum of 240 MBps throughput.

Goodbye Sun! Hello Oracle!

The Sun Microsystems implosion into Oracle is finally getting the push it needs. EU regulators have given their nod to the deal so Oracle head honchos will be meeting in days to iron out the new battle plan. It would be interesting to see what remains and what goes. Here are my few thoughts plus excerpt from the former heads at Sun.

Researchers wrangle petabytes of data storage with NAS, tape

Scientists at Cern's LHC say dozens of petabytes require custom-built NAS systems and data migration software, but commercial tape drives are mostly up to snuff.

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Coriell Institute manages complex research data at low cost

Discover why the Coriell Institute for Medical Research turned to IBM when they wanted a compact storage solution that would be easy to manage and that would enable us to grow capacity nondisruptively at a financially acceptable cost per terabyte.

IBM XIV Storage and VMware

Discover why thousands of organizations are discovering that the IBM XIV Storage System series, with a virtualized storage architecture, is a perfect fit with VMware environments.

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Asian companies go real-time with SAP HANA

Avon Cycles, India's largest cycle manufacturer, and Nongfu Spring, China's largest bottled water producer, are now ramp up customers of SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA.

Electronic Arts moves forward with emerging trends, including cloud storage

With 2012 revenues of $4.1 billion, Electronic Arts (EA) is the third-largest video game company in the world by revenue behind only Nintendo and Activision Blizzard. It boasts landmark franchises such as Madden NFL, FIFA, The Sims and Mass Effect. Through its PopCap Games subsidiary it is the publisher of hits like Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies. And yet, in June of 2012, EA's chief operating officer compared the company to a burning oil platform.

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