Tape is dead! REALLY?
J. Giovanetto
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Jamie Giovanetto
Founder, President and Principal Consultant
J. Giovanetto Incorporated
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About The Speaker…
J. Giovanetto
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 Independent Consultant
 Company formed January 2000
 Oracle StorageTek advocate
 ~47 years in Information
Technology
 First IT position was as a
programmer June 1968
 First involvement with tape was in
July 1968…DR test
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About The Speaker…
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 ~37 years supporting the
Oracle StorageTek Mainframe
Tape Solutions
 Field Technical Specialist
 U.S. and Internationally
 International Technical Support
Representative on large libraries
 Software Support Representative
on hardware enablement software
 Product Manager for Library
Content Manager (LCM) product.
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Agenda
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 Who says “Tape is dead!”
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 Who says “Tape is dead!”
 A brief history of tape storage
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 Who says “Tape is dead!”
 A brief history of tape storage
 Current status
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Agenda
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 Who says “Tape is dead!”
 A brief history of tape storage
 Current status
 Futures
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Agenda
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 Who says “Tape is dead!”
 A brief history of tape storage
 Current status
 Futures
 When will tape “die”?...
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Who says “Tape is dead”
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 Those that believe another technology will
replace tape in the short term
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Who says “Tape is dead”
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 Those that believe another technology will
replace tape in the short term
 Those that do not have tape products
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Who says “Tape is dead”
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 Those that believe another technology will
replace tape in the short term
 Those that do not have tape products
 Those that do not want to handle physical tape
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Who says “Tape is dead”
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 Those that believe another technology will
replace tape in the short term
 Those that do not have tape products
 Those that do not want to handle physical tape
 Those that think that virtual tape is not “really”
tape…
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A brief history of tape
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 1951 – First tape drive for computers
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A brief history of tape
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 1951 – First tape drive for computers
 1952 - First tape drives to use metal coating on
Mylar-type base
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A brief history of tape
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 1951 – First tape drive for computers
 1952 - First tape drives to use metal coating on
Mylar-type base
 1964 – 9 trk tapes introduced with System 360
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A brief history of tape
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 1951 – First tape drive for computers
 1952 - First tape drives to use metal coating on
Mylar-type base
 1964 – 9 trk tapes introduced with System 360
 1984 – 16 trk cartridges
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A brief history of tape
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 1951 – First tape drive for computers
 1952 - First tape drives to use metal coating on
Mylar-type base
 1964 – 9 trk tapes introduced with System 360
 1984 – 16 trk cartridges
 1995 – 36 trk cartridges
- Helical scan
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A brief history of tape
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 1951 – First tape drive for computers
 1952 - First tape drives to use metal coating on
Mylar-type base
 1964 – 9 trk tapes introduced with System 360
 1984 – 16 trk cartridges
 1995 – 36 trk cartridges
- Helical scan
 1997 – IBM and StorageTek go to proprietary
formats for enterprise class tape…
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A brief history of tape
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 Hypertape
 Mass Storage Subsystem
 DLT
 DAT
 ¼” audio cassettes
 8 mm cassettes
 4 mm cassettes
 LTO
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A brief history of tape
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 Mass Storage Subsystem
 STK 4400
 IBM 3495
 IBM 3494
 SL8500
 SL3000
 IBM TS3500
 A number of other manufactures
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Current status
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 High Capacities
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Current status
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 High Capacities
 Long data retentions
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Current status
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 High Capacities
 Long data retentions
 Reliability higher than today’s disk
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Current status
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 High Capacities
 Long data retentions
 Reliability higher than today’s disk
 Cost per GB still falling
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Current status
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 High Capacities
 Long data retentions
 Reliability higher than today’s disk
 Cost per GB still falling
 LTFS
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Current status
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 High Capacities
 Long data retentions
 Reliability higher than today’s disk
 Cost per GB still falling
 LTFS
 Number of virtual tape solutions…
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Futures
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 Big Data keeps growing
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Futures
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 Big Data keeps growing
 Road Map to ever increasing tape technologies
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Futures
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 Big Data keeps growing
 Road Map to ever increasing tape technologies
 BaFe recording media still not fully exploited
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Futures
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 Big Data keeps growing
 Road Map to ever increasing tape technologies
 BaFe recording media still not fully exploited
 Number of demos of new tape technologies
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Futures
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 Big Data keeps growing
 Road Map to ever increasing tape technologies
 BaFe recording media still not fully exploited
 Number of demos of new tape technologies
 Virtual tape subsystems continue to evolve
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Futures
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 Big Data keeps growing
 Road Map to ever increasing tape technologies
 BaFe recording media still not fully exploited
 Number of demos of new tape technologies
 Virtual tape subsystems continue to evolve
 Libraries continue to be enhanced
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Futures
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 Big Data keeps growing
 Road Map to ever increasing tape technologies
 BaFe recording media still not fully exploited
 Number of demos of new tape technologies
 Virtual tape subsystems continue to evolve
 Libraries continue to be enhanced
 Physical tape continues to provide value…
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When will tape “die”?
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 Oracle and IBM will tell us when that time has
come
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When will tape “die”?
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 Oracle and IBM will tell us when that time has
come
 When it is replaced it will be another form of
removable data already proven in the “field”
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When will tape “die”?
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 Oracle and IBM will tell us when that time has
come
 When it is replaced it will be another form of
removable data already proven in the “field”
 Tape will be in use for many years after last
shipments…
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Contact Information
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Jamie L. Giovanetto
 303.589.2549 (mobile)
 [email protected]
 J. Giovanetto Incorporated
PO Box 271027
Louisville, CO 80027-5018
 Website:
jgiovanetto.com
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