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LTO-5 Raises the Bar for Tier-3 Storage

With the IT budget for storage frozen, or even reduced, the CIO must find a new and innovative technology to protect the increasing cache of data assets of the enterprise. That technology could perhaps be the latest generation of magnetic tape.

"We are living on an increasingly smarter planet, integrated and interconnected to a degree never seen before. Because of that, we are experiencing explosive growth in the rate in which new data is being created. This data intersects the lives of each and every one of us on a daily basis, with the medical industry generating MRIs, CAT Scans, and X-rays, the entertainment industry creating high resolution images and video rich media, and cities and towns using live cameras to control traffic flow and improve security. Whether it is for backup and recovery, disaster recovery, or compliance to regulations, multiple copies of this data are being saved, in order to preserve business continuity and to keep corporate executives out of jail. For many businesses, their volume of data is doubling every 12 to 18 months. Every data center, whether enterprise or SMB, is facing the inexorable challenge to find a home for an ever-increasing amount of Tier-3 storage to preserve both mission- and business-critical data."