FUJIFILM has announced that they have begun delivering the world's largest capacity of 5TB and the fastest transfer rate of 240MB/s Magnetic Tape “T10000C Tape Cartridge” for Oracle Corporation. This is the world's first Barium-Ferrite (BaFe) based Magnetic Tape for the enterprise tape drive system.

Due to the rapid increase in the amount of data and numerous regulatory compliance rules (Sarbanes-Oxley, HiPAA, etc), the amount of data for back-up and archive applications is constantly increasing. Compared to the different storage media available, Magnetic Tape has many advantages such as capacity, portability, power savings and long-term archivability. This is why it has been used for many years in various business environments including government, banking, broadcasting, healthcare, etc.

LTO Ultrium Technology, which garners over 80% of the total tape market share, and the key dominant player in the industry is currently shipping Generation 5 of their roadmap.  LTO-5 Tapes are 1.5TB Native and 3.0TB Compressed.  Some of our customers are purchasing LTO-4 tapes for their new LTO-5 drives, autoloaders and libraries for Dollar cost averaging, with LTO-5 media hovering around $70-$80 and LTO-4 media at a cool $30.