We reported earlier this month that despite storage industry heavies claiming that tape storage mediums were dead in the water, on the contrary, tape storage is actually still going strong. More specifically, we reported that an updated LTO-6 standard was on the way and that it promises to deliver increased performance at an affordable price, making it a highly viable solution in exabyte-level cloud service provider data archive applications.
At Maximum Midrange, we still think tape storage is the right solution for a variety of applications and you’ll see that our IBM, HP or EMC tape storage inventory backs up our sentiments. At EMC World in Las Vegas last year, EMC loudly proclaimed that “Tape Sucks!” and for want of a better word, was a dinosaur technology. In the year since their proclamation, EMC has backpedaled somewhat, realizing that tape still is a viable alternative in the data storage industry. Digging deeper, they probably realized there still is money in tape and that it would be a bad business move to drive their customers from established EMC tape storage technology to the competition.
It’s a well-known fact that storing large-scale amounts of archive data on disks is a risky and extremely expensive proposition. When you start getting into the ten, twenty and fifty+ petabytes-worth of data storage for enterprise and cloud storage requirements, disk storage is not a solution that is easy on the pocketbook. Given that fact, you now have companies like EMC seeing what the consumer’s are demanding and are taking another good look at tape storage technology. At EMC, there’s been some back pedaling going on over the last year and they are beginning to say that tape actually does NOT suck and that it’s still a smart way to go.
So whether the manufacturer’s say it sucks or not, as long as tape storage is a viable solution, Maximum Midrange will continue to provide high-quality tape storage hardware at an affordable price. Tape storage is the affordable alternative to disk storage and we can make it even more affordable with prices that are up to 60% off of manufacturer’s suggested prices. Give us a call at 855-932-6627 with your application and let us work with you to provide you with tape storage solutions that meet your needs.
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