{"id":222896,"date":"2017-08-03T08:37:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T06:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=222896"},"modified":"2017-08-03T08:39:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T06:39:06","slug":"sony-unveils-330tb-data-tape-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/222896-sony-unveils-330tb-data-tape-storage.html","title":{"rendered":"Sony unveils 330TB data tape storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sony.net\/SonyInfo\/News\/Press\/201708\/17-070E\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sony has developed a magnetic tape storage technology<\/strong><\/a> with the industry&#8217;s highest recording areal density for tape storage media &#8211; 201Gb\/in2 (gigabits per square inch).<\/p>\n<p>The technology combines Sony&#8217;s magnetic tape technology employing lubricant with IBM Research\u2019s new write\/read heads, advanced servo control technologies, and signal-processing algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>This supports storage of approximately 330TB per data cartridge, whereas conventional technology can only handle 15TB per cartridge.<\/p>\n<p>Sony said that closing the spacing between the magnetic tape and magnetic head is critical to achieving high-density recording capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Reduced spacing entails increased friction at contact points between the tape surface and magnetic head.<\/p>\n<p>However, friction must be reduced and the tape surface must run smoothly along the magnetic head to enable high-capacity writing and reading at a high speed.<\/p>\n<p>This saw Sony develop a lubricant that is applied between the tape surface and magnetic head.<\/p>\n<p>The lubricant reduces friction, and features a highly-durable bond with the tape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sony-tape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-222898 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sony-tape-640x320.jpg\" alt=\"Sony tape\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sony-tape-640x320.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sony-tape-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sony-tape-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sony-tape.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/219662-viking-unveils-50tb-ssd.html\">Viking unveils 50TB SSD<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has developed a magnetic tape storage technology which makes it possible to store 201 gigabits per square inch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":96987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[835,193],"class_list":["post-222896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-ibm","tag-sony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222942,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222896\/revisions\/222942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}