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Fujifilm LTO Ultrium 10 40TB tape cartridge arrives in the US proving tape storage is not dead yet

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/fujifilm-lto10-40tb-tape/

Months after Elon Musk's DOGE crusade to wipe it out, LTO tape storage is bigger than ever. It is tempting to write off tape storage as relics from a bygone era but its recent performance says otherwise. With 176.5 exabytes shipped in 2024 — up 15.4% year over year — LTO tape is carving out a strategic niche in the surge of AI and ML workloads.

TL;DR
⚙️ Record 176.5 EB shipped in 2024
🔐 Tape offers cost‑effective, long‑term durability
📈 Fueled by AI/ML archival demand
🚀 LTO roadmap plans up to 576 TB per cartridge

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/months-after-elon-musks-doge-crusade-to-wipe-it-out-lto-tape-storage-is-bigger-than-ever-a-record-176-5-exabytes-shipped-in-2024-the-fourth-consecutive-year-of-growth
#tapestorage #AI #ML #datainfrastructure #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity #datastorage #bigdata #data #storagemanagement #storage

This Relay Computer Has Magnetic Tape Storage - Magnetic tape storage is something many of us will associate with 8-bit microcompu... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/this-relay-computer-has-magnetic-tape-storage/ #computerhacks #relaycomputer #classichacks #tapestorage

Classy Paper Tape Reader Complements Homebrew Retrocomputer https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/classy-paper-tape-reader-complements-homebrew-retrocomputer/ #Retrocomputing #lasercutter #tapestorage #papertape

Classy Paper Tape Reader Complements Homebrew Retrocomputer - If you were one of the earliest of early adopters in the home computing revolution... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/classy-paper-tape-reader-complements-homebrew-retrocomputer/ #retrocomputing #lasercutter #tapestorage #papertape

The ZX Spectrum Takes To The Airwaves Again - A perk of writing for Hackaday comes in the vast breadth of experience represented... - https://hackaday.com/2024/05/09/the-zx-spectrum-takes-to-the-airwaves-again/ #retrocomputing #broadcastradio #tapestorage #zxspectrum

The ZX Spectrum Takes To The Airwaves Again https://hackaday.com/2024/05/09/the-zx-spectrum-takes-to-the-airwaves-again/ #Retrocomputing #broadcastradio #tapestorage #ZXSpectrum

Probably The World’s Most Expensive Bar Bot - Bar bots, or robotized bartenders, are a fun feature of events in our community, b... - https://hackaday.com/2023/03/07/probably-the-worlds-most-expensive-bar-bot/ #tapestorage #beerhacks #barbot #ibm

Simple Universal Modem Helps Save and Load Data From Tape - Back in the early days of the home computer revolution, data was commonly saved on... - https://hackaday.com/2022/07/27/simple-universal-modem-helps-save-and-load-data-from-tape/ #tapestorage #mischacks #tapedeck #audio #modem #tape

IBM reports that a single tape cartridge could store 580 TB of data https://buff.ly/2L1gvNJ #storage #tape #IBM #MagneticTape #TapeStorage