History (2006): StorageTek T10000/T10000 T2
For high-capacity storage, typically used with large computers and robotic tape library
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on November 23, 2018 at 2:13 pmThis article was published by the Museum of Obsolete Media.
StorageTek T10000 / T10000 T2 (2006-)
StorageTek T10000 is a line of magnetic tape formats for high-capacity data storage, typically used with large computer systems and often with a robotic tape library.
The T10000 line was first introduced in 2006.
The first two tape drives in the line, the T10000 and T10000B, offered a capacity of 500GB and 1TB respectively on the same cartridge.
A later version of the cartridge introduced in 2011, the T10000 T2, allowed for capacities of 5TB and 8.5TB in the T10000C and T10000D drives.
The T10000 is a cartridge format, containing a single-reel of half-inch tape, similar to formats such IBM 3480 and Digital Linear Tape. It uses serpentine recording and the cartridges contain a RFID tag for information such as volume serial numbers.
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