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Article: Tape Feasts On All-You-Can-Eat Data Banquet. And Enjoys.(magnetic tape industry)(Technology Information)
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- Computer Technology Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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The magnetic tape industry is building the foundation for the third era in its near 50-year history. The first era began in 1952 when IBM delivered the computer industry's first tape drive and lasted for 35 years. This phase was defined as the era of manual tape handling (mounts & dismounts) and the primary application for tape throughout this period was data backup.
The second era began in 1987 and was re-defined with the successful arrival of robotic libraries providing automated tape services for what had been a very labor-intensive industry. This era was referred to as the Nearline era and was successfully pioneered by StorageTek. Nearline soon became the ...