The LTO Drives should be cleaned when the drive issues either a Tape Alert 20 or Tape Alert 21 cleaning request. Something similar from HP: > What is the recommended frequency to clean LTO drives?

If you think of a 1960s mainframe computer, it’s likely that your mental image includes alongside the cabinets with the blinkenlights, a row of reel-to-reel tape drives. These refrigerator-sized ...

MagStor has launched the world's first Thunderbolt 5 LTO tape drive, but it won’t be cheap.

I recently recommended that a customer use an external hard drive as a backup device when they remarked, “You know, I don’t think I really know what a hard drive ...

We reviewed three FireWire tape drives: the Ecrix VXA-1 FireWire Drive, the Imation Travan FireWire Tape Drive, and the OnStream Echo 30 External FireWire Tape Drive.

If you have more than one state-of-the-art tape drive behind your LAN-based backup server, says columnist W. Curtis Preston, chances are you have too many.

If you think of a 1960s mainframe computer, it’s likely that your mental image includes alongside the cabinets with the blinkenlights, a row of reel-to-reel tape drives. These refrigerator-sized ...

Mitch Seigle of Spectra Logic talks about tape drives' role in AI and data storage and protection with theCUBE's Christophe ...

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Hewlett-Packard is moving to convince the channel that tape is still the best backup solution for the small-business space.

IBM debuts encrypting tape drive Big Blue plans to unveil its IBM System Storage TS1120, designed to encrypt data on tape drives.

Tape storage continues to be a standard for long-term archival needs due to its durability and capacity, and the Thunderbolt 5 LTO drive is designed for use in data-heavy environments such as ...