IBM scientists managed to fit 330TB uncompressed data in a tiny cartridge that will fit in the palm of your hand.
A new world record was achieved by its scientists IBM, putting 330 terabytes of uncompressed data (or the equivalent of 330 million books) on a cassette that can fit in the palm of your hand. THE enrollment of 201 gigabits per square inch on a prototype thin magnetic tape is 20 times greater than the areal density currently used in commercial tapes. Areal recording density is the amount of information that can be stored on a given material surface area.
In the original photo, IBM scientist Mark Lange, holds a piece of plated film that can hold 201 Gigabytes, a new world record.
For the record, tape recorders were invented over 60 years ago and have traditionally been used to archive tax documents and health care records. The first machine IBM tape used reels with one half-inch tape and could store about 2 megabytes. Magnetic tape was developed by Sony as a storage medium solution, and it has managed to endure even today.
According to IBM's Evangelos Eleftheriou, magnetic tape has traditionally been used for video files, back-up files, and industry in off-premise applications in the cloud. While the metallic film is expected to cost a little more for its manufacturing than the current commercial film, the potential for large capacity will make the cost per terabyte very attractive, making this technology practical for cloud storage. "
