What The New LTO Roadmap Means For Tape Storage
SearchStorage, April 17th, 2023
The future of tape is bright, and it should be on every storage manager's shortlist. LTO and its massive current and future capacity have a place among other storage media types.
The LTO Program has updated its roadmap with a planned LTO-14 tape cartridge that could break the 1-petabyte barrier within the next decade. That enormous capacity will help administrators keep pace with ever-growing data storage needs, but there are other key elements in the LTO roadmap.
Administrators will still use HDDs and flash drives for primary storage of mission-critical applications and data in the foreseeable future. However, user storage requirements grow so rapidly that the use of HDDs may be limited. Future super-large HDD devices may need a different form factor, which could affect compatibility with existing storage platforms.