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

I don't know if folks are aware of this sweet lil #HomeBrew relay computer project being developed by #DiPDoT on #YouTube but here's their latest cool upload.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BchBTWFFl-U

#Relay #Relays #RelayComputer #RelayProcessor #BreadBoard #TapeStorage also #BenEater fans should enjoy this.

1973 Room with ZAM-41 Beta computer. In the foreground from the left - operator's desk, Facit paper tape punch and Lorenz teletype. In the background workers at PT-2 tape memories. / The Capital Center of Electronic Computing Technology

• a 24-bit machine word divided into 4 characters of 6 bits and 3 characters of 8 bits
• single-address instructions with 15-bit address
• character set did not contain lowercase lettersspeed:
• over 30,000 fixed-point instructions per second
• memory read cycle: 6 or 10 µs[4]
• access time: 3.5 or 6 µs

#PJEG #JOM #SAS41 #SAKO #Algol #EOL #COBOL

Total produced: 16 pcs.

ZAM-41 Beta computer

#zam #polish #poland #computers #calculations #pt2 #tapestorage #electronic #oldtech #history #oldcomputers #lorenz #teletype #tewa #imm #warsaw