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As organizations continue to handle growing volumes of data, tape storage remains a reliable, secure, and cost-effective option for long-term archiving. LTO (Linear Tape-Open) technology in particular has played a major role in enterprise storage environments. However, with each new generation of LTO, users must make decisions that balance cost, capacity, and compatibility. One decision that often comes up is whether to use M8 formatting on LTO7 tapes. The concept is simple: when an LTO7 tape is written in an

Which Organizations Still Use Data Tape for Backup—And Why IT Leaders Should Care For years, the tech world has tried to bury tape. “Tape is obsolete,” they say. “The cloud is the future.” Yet here we are in 2025—and some of the world’s largest corporations, financial institutions, government agencies, and even the biggest cloud providers still rely heavily on data tape for backup and archival storage. Why? Because when it comes to long-term retention, cost efficiency, and ironclad security, tape

In May 2025, the tape storage world welcomed LTO-10, the latest generation in Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology. For Network Administrators managing large-scale data backup and archiving, this arrival signals a new era of storage capacity, speed, and security—but it also shakes up the tape buyback market. What does LTO-10 mean for the value of your existing tape inventory, especially older generations like LTO-7, LTO-8, and LTO-9? How should IT asset disposition strategies adapt in this evolving landscape? In this post,