Tape storage has greater capacity than disk storage and can store more terabytes per unit. As digital data grows exponentially over the next several years from 4.4 to 44 zettabytes, tape storage is presented as a more cost effective and reliable solution for large scale data storage compared to disk. Key advantages of tape include lower costs, longer lifespan, higher capacity, faster transfer speeds, lower energy usage, and greater portability.

1. Tape’s capacity is greater than Disk
Tapes store more terabytes per unit
What’s the Future of
Big Data Storage?
How do we
store all of that data reliably
and cost effectively? The answer lies in
advanced modern data tape. Here’s why:
4.4Zettabytes*
44Zettabytes*
to
vs.
Growth of Digital Data:
2013 2020
Now
The Future
*One Zettabyte = 1.0 billion terabytes!
*Barium Ferrite is an advanced magnetic particle developed by Fujifilm capable of greater data density.
*Study shows that disk consumes 10X more energy than tape!
*When running 50 tape drives compared to 50 disk drives
8TB
Disk:
10TB
Tape:
220TB
Tape w/
Barium Ferrite*
Capacity
Tape is easier and cheaper to scale than Disk
For growing storage needs
vs.
Disk:
Large investment
once fixed capacity
is maximized
Tape:
Just add more
tapes and drives to
automated tape
library system
SCALABILITY
Tape has longer life compared to Disk
Typical life expectancy
vs.
Disk:
3-5years
Tape w/
Barium Ferrite:
3o+years
ARCHIVABILITY
Tape costs less than Disk
Total cost of ownership to store 1.0 PB for 10 years
vs.
BOTTOM LINE
Tape is more reliable than Disk
Time to Read/Write Error*
vs.55
hours
Disk:
276,000
hours
Tape:
Reliability
Tape is faster than Disk
Amount of data transferred per second
vs.216MB/second
(108,000 pages)
Disk:
360MB/second
(180,000 pages)
Tape:
TRANSFER RATE
Tape consumes less energy than Disk
Cost of Energy Consumed to store 1.0 Petabyte
(1,000 terabytes) for ten years*
vs.
$519,904
Disk:
$234,525
Tape:
$100,612
Disk:
$ 9,801
Tape:
Energy
Tape is more portable than Disk
To Transfer 2PB of data between locations
vs.77days
@2.4 Gbit/s
Disk-to-Disk
over Internet:
PORTABILITY
Check out the information sources
on this infographic at:
www.FujifilmUSA.com/storage
1day
(via overnight courier)
=185 Gbit/s
Tape:
55% Cost Savings!
Production Forecast: Fujifilm produces more tape
than any other manufacturer—The World Leader
2015: Fujifilm to produce 31.0 B feet of Tape
(5.8M Miles) = 236X around earth
Disk vs. Tape