When it Comes to Tape Drives, Bigger isn't Always Better

We all know that size can be deceiving. The capacity of storage devices seems to continually get higher as the devices themselves get smaller. Tandberg's ValuSmart Tape 80, a half-high form factor DLT tape drive, offers the same capacity as the company's DLT1 tape drive in a 5.25" half-high form factor that can be mounted right in the case for servers and workstations. Tandberg's new tape drive, scheduled to be available at the end of June, has a 40 GB native capacity (80 GB compressed) and a 3 MB/second native transfer rate (6 MB/second compressed) and will also be available in a desktop unit.