| "> | | | | $100 for the non-WORM models, he said. Baba |
| New high-end and midrange tape products are | | | | Direct doesn't provide any tools for users to |
| coming, with a focus on security and reliability | | | | migrate data from the old tapes to the new, but |
| New high-end and midrange tape products are | | | | does offer professional services for such tasks, |
| coming, with a focus on security and reliability. | | | | he said. For its part, Imation Corp.'s |
| Baba Direct, with financial customers as one | | | | second-generation LTO media will ship next |
| target audience, is now shipping WORM | | | | month, said Eddy, director of Baba Direct. The |
| (write-once, read-many) technology in AIT | | | | new tapes hold 200GB of data transferred at up |
| devices. Meanwhile, Imation Corp. has improved its | | | | to 40GBps, with double of those specifications if |
| capacity and signal-to-noise ratio in LTO units. The | | | | the data is compressed. The tapes have a slightly |
| developments follow recent overall format | | | | improved signal-to-noise ratio of 26:1, measured in |
| upgrades of both Advanced Intelligent Tape and | | | | decibels, versus 25:1 in the first-generation units, |
| Linear Tape-Open. Baba Direct put the WORM | | | | Eddy said. They also have 512Kb per inch, versus |
| firmware in its AIT-3 media and drives, both from | | | | 384Kbpi in the older version, he said. Pricing for |
| Sony Electronics Inc., in San Francisco, California. | | | | the new tapes, called Black Watch Ultrium, has |
| It's also in the library software. "Probably we will | | | | not yet been set but is expected to be slightly |
| go back and certify AIT-2 as well, within the next | | | | higher than the former version, which currently |
| three to four months," said Eddi Hassan, a Baba | | | | cost about $70 each, Eddy said. |
| Direct product manager, in Berkeley, California. | | | | Baba Direct. |
| Shipping now, the new tapes cost $115, versus | | | | |