IBM Research Achieves a Storage Record for Big Data

Today, IBM researchers announced they have demonstrated 85.9 billion bits per square inch, a new world record in areal data density on low-cost linear magnetic particulate tape — a significant update to one of the computer industry’s most resilient, reliable and affordable data storage technologies for Big Data. At this areal density, a standard LTO size cartridge could store up to 154 trillion bytes (154 terabytes) of uncompressed data — a 62 fold improvement over an LTO6 cartridge, the latest industry-sta