Category Archives: data storage
A filesystem for tape? Why?
Tape has been around forever[1. At least since 1951 starting with the UNIVAC 1. Certainly longer than silicon transistors and modern digital computers.]. Generally, there has been no change in the way that people and applications work with tape since … Continue reading
Tape? Does anyone care about tape anymore?
Various friends and colleagues have been amused, occasionally stunned, but more often incredulous when I tell them that I am working on a project based on data tape. The commonly ventured opinion is that I should maybe think about working … Continue reading
When RAID-edition doesn’t mean “will work in a RAID”
At work last year I built out a home-grown RAID solution to support my current project. RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. RAID technology has been around since the 1970s and provides both a way to use multiple … Continue reading