Tape achieves record shipments once again, but its affordability is fading with LTO-10’s high cost per terabyte

LTO tape sets new capacity record with 176.5 exabytes shipped Compression inflates numbers masking real 70.6EB uncompressed data capacity LTO-10 costs rise threatening tape’s long-standing affordability advantage The LTO Program, backed by HPE, IBM, and Quantum, has reported a new high in tape capacity shipments, with 176.5 Exabytes of LTO media shipped in 2024. The…

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This graphics card crams two SSDs into one PCB and throws upgrade flexibility straight out the window

Mounting SSDs on a GPU limits your ability to upgrade graphics and storage independently Shared PCIe bandwidth creates more complications than benefits for most desktop system builders Colorful iGame Ultra mid-range GPU is trying to do too much with too little justification Colorful has revealed a curious hybrid product at Bilibili World 2025: a graphics…

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