Tape’s capacity is greater than DiskTapes store more terabytes per unit

What’s the Future ofBig Data Storage?

How do westore 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

8TBDisk:

10TBTape:

220 TB

Tape w/Barium Ferrite*

Capacity

Tape is easier and cheaper to scale than DiskFor growing storage needs

vs.Disk:

Large investment

once fixed capacity

is maximized

Tape:Just add more

tapes and drives toautomated tapelibrary system

SCALABILITY

Tape has longer life compared to DiskTypical life expectancy

vs.Disk:

3-5years

Tape w/Barium Ferrite:

3o+years

ARCHIVABILITY

Tape costs less than DiskTotal cost of ownership to store 1.0 PB for 10 years

vs.

BOTTOM LINE

Tape is more reliable than DiskTime to Read/Write Error*

vs.55hours

Disk:

276,000hours

Tape:

Reliability

Tape is faster than DiskAmount 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 DiskCost of Energy Consumed to store 1.0 Petabyte

(1,000 terabytes) for ten years*

vs.

$519,904Disk:

$234,525Tape:

$100,612Disk:

$9,801Tape:

Energy

Tape is more portable than DiskTo Transfer 2PB of data between locations

vs.7 7 days@2.4 Gbit/s

Disk-to-Diskover Internet:

PORTABILITY

Check out the information sources on this infographic at:www.FujifilmUSA.com/storage

1 day(via overnight courier)

=185 Gbit/s

Tape:

55% Cost Savings!

Production Forecast: Fujifilm produces more tapethan 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