IDC predicts that by 2027, the Datasphere of data generated annually will reach a staggering 291.7 ZB² , the overwhelming majority of which will be Enterprise, rather than consumer data. While hard disk (HDD) areal density growth has slowed dramatically, constraining the size of HDDs, the 14th generation LTO roadmap is projecting tape media capacities of 1.4 PB per cartridge. This makes HPE StoreEver LTO tape the ideal, ultra dense cold data storage platform of the future.

A recent study³ found that in 93% of ransomware incidents, criminals target connected backup repositories, resulting in more than one-third (39%) of these backups being completely lost. HPE StoreEver tape technology can make your backup and restore processes ultra secure by allowing you to keep copies of your business data completely offline and disconnected from all network activity.

The cold data oceans of the future will have more in common with the Antarctic than with the warmer seas of the Tropics. But the extraordinary rise of a vast, largely inert information store represents a number of challenges relating to sustainability that tape technology uniquely addresses. By deploying LTO technology, organisations can dramaticaly reduce CO² emissions associated with storing archive data and help lower the environmental impact of long term data retention⁴.

Using LTO technology  for long term data storage can dramatically lower the cost of storing and managing data over timeframes spanning decades in comparison to all-disk or all-cloud solutions⁴. With extremely low cost per TB, high storage density to maximise data center resources and vast and flexible scalability, tape is better suited to the colossal data storage demands of the looming 'zettabyte era'.