WAN

bandwidth

Bandwidth is the capacity of a wired or wireless network communications link to transmit the maximum amount of data from one point to another over a computer network or internet connection in a given amount of time -- usually one second. Continue Reading

4K video resolution

4K video resolution is high-definition (HD) video that has four times the resolution of 1080p HD video. Continue Reading

With safety and surveillance under its belt, video tackles insight

Your organization's most underutilized sensor is moving to the frontline in an IoT-enabled world. Get ready for video, the next big insight creator. Continue Reading

Hyper-converged infrastructure solutions hit the mainstream

HCI technology is expanding beyond its original niches in virtual desktop infrastructure and video storage, taking an expanded role in the corporate data center. Continue Reading

How do communication APIs affect the corporate network?

When integrating API media throughout your network, consider the types of communications taking place. Video, in particular, can gobble up network resources. Continue Reading

Track these six UC and collaboration trends in 2017

The 2017 forecast for unified communications trends includes a flurry of APIs, a steady stream of video, a team-messaging tempest and, of course, a high chance of clouds. Continue Reading

Using artificial intelligence for forgery: Fake could be eerily real

Artificial intelligence-powered tools are providing criminals an easy way to forge audio and video files. Beware; identity theft and fake info will rise. Continue Reading

Windows 10 user training minimizes post-upgrade headaches

User training is an important part of moving to Windows 10. IT can do it themselves or turn to a host of video-based options. Continue Reading

Tape storage system viable for archiving, large backups

No, the tape storage system isn't dead yet. This Drill Down explores how it lives on, mainly for archiving and with a boost from new technologies such as LTO-7 and Linear Tape File System, or LTFS.

The seventh-generation LTO specification released in 2015 more than doubled the maximum compressed capacity to 15 TB and increased the data transfer rate to 750 MBps. LTO-7 also improved the bit error rate to a significant degree. The LTO Consortium already has LTO-8, LTO-9 and LTO-10 on its roadmap, each with significant capacity and performance improvements. For instance, draft specs for LTO-8 call for 32 TB of compressed capacity and sustained data transfer rates of up to 1,180 MBps.

These tape storage system advances become more important as speedier technology such as solid-state drives raise users' storage performance expectations. The performance and capacity gains also come as tape faces increased competition from the cloud for archiving. While cloud providers can store data cheaply, it can take a long time to get data in and out of the cloud.

LTFS creates partitions on tape and stores catalog information about files written to that tape. That makes it much easier to find and access files on a tape storage system than was possible before LTFS. Also known as tape NAS, it has been hailed as a tape's savior. While it hasn't caught on wildly, it is used by industries such as media and entertainment that make frequent use of archived tapes.