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330 TB data in a 3 inch tape

Hello friends, my name is Arjun Gupta and today we see " IBM and SONY make a tape that can store 330TB of data ". The future of data storage is here: Magnetic Tape. Scientists of IBM Research have created a new world in space when the cartridge capacity in 2015 was 220 terabytes and 123 gigabytes per square inch. Availability by IBM comes as good news for cloud services, which need to be backed up and stored. From scientific research to security and surveillance video, extend the amount of information from large data applications all the time. To develop new tape-based storage prototypes and achieve 201 GB per square inch, IBM researchers had to develop many new technologies. With IBM working closely with Sony for several years, especially enabling enhanced internal recording density. IBM used its study and writing technology with Sony's "Spartered Magnetic Tape" to store the data. Springing involves coating the storage medium with various nano-met