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When you finish training a model you are sitting on your company’s crown jewels. The question is not just where you park that data, it is who controls it and who can reach it — and why the copy that saves you belongs on hardware you can physically pull off the network.
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When you finish training a model you are sitting on your company’s crown jewels. The question is not just where you park that data, it is who controls it and who can reach it — and why the copy that saves you belongs on hardware you can physically pull off the network.
Published in Archive · 5 min read
Heading into 2026, more than 80 percent of CIOs plan to bring at least some workloads back on-premises. The hard question repatriation plans forget is the one that decides the whole bill: where does the cold data land once it is home?
Published in Archive · 5 min read
With HDD and SSD contract prices spiking in 2026, the storage budget question has shifted from "what tier do we add?" to "what data deserves the tier we already have?" Here is an honest five-year TCO breakdown across disk, cloud, and tape.
Published in Archive · 5 min read
AI-driven data growth has sold out the world's nearline hard-drive supply through 2028 and pushed hyperscalers to diversify their cold tiers. Here is what that shift means for enterprises sitting downstream.
Published in Archive · 5 min read
Ransomware attacks now cost organizations an average of $5 million in recovery expenses and require weeks to remediate. The distinction between organizational survival and failure often depends on the adoption of offline, physically isolated storage strategies.
Published in Archive · 8 min read
Tape storage is re-emerging because the economics of cold data have changed: more data, unpredictable cloud costs, rising energy pressure, and renewed demand for vendor-independent archive infrastructure.
Published in Archive · 8 min read
Hi there. I'm sure you're aware that long-term data storage is just part of your cost of doing business. You know that there are votes in your organization who have handled this for you. But you might not know that your organization may not have control over t...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 3 min read
Hello everybody. Welcome back to all roads lead to archive callstar series about everything media broadcast and data and managing those tons of media and data produced every day. Getting into the back end of all this is what we're up to today. Uh we're sitting...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 60 min read
You know, I've been talking with a lot of industry folks and I feel many questions about LTO and just what it can do for you today. Like any other technology, tape and the ecosystem around it has morphed and evolved since its introduction at the turn of the ce...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 4 min read
Howdy everyone. Welcome back to All Roads Lead to Archive. 12star series about everything media and data and broadcast. Generating tons of media and data every day. Makes sense to dig into what's awesome in the world of live production. I like things that just...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 28 min read
Howdy everyone, Jeff Sangpiel here, Qualssar CTO. As an open format technology, LTO, linear tape open, drives and media from different manufacturers are interoperable. So, formatting guidelines are primarily managed through the LTO Ultrium formats specificatio...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 4 min read
Hello everyone. Welcome back to All Road Leads to Archive Qualar series about everything media, entertainment, and broadcast and data. Uh the things creative content makers really need to know. I'm your host Jeff Sangpiel. Today we're talking with Dr. Mark Bot...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 12 min read
Hi, I'm Jeff Sangpiel, the chief technology officer here at Qualstar. LTO7 tapes are nearing the end of life with last time unit purchases available from Qustar through December as our supplies last. Shipment of these last time purchases will continue until in...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 3 min read
[music] Hello everyone. Welcome back to All Roads Lead to Archive Qualar series about everything data and with media, entertainment, and broadcast kicking in most of that data as creative content. I'm your host Jeff Sangpiel. Today we're talking with Dr. Phili...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 20 min read
Every time your AI processes a file, you're paying a hidden tax. And most companies are paying it again and again without realizing it. It's called the AI token tax. And for data inensive organizations, it quietly drains millions in redundant compute and stora...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 32 min read
Every time your AI processes a file, you are paying a hidden tax. Most companies are paying it again and again without realizing it. It's called the AI token tax. And for data inensive organizations, it's quietly draining millions in redundant compute and stor...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 3 min read
Hello everyone. Welcome back to All Roads Lead to Archive Qualar series about everything media, entertainment, and broadcast. I'm your host Jeff Sangpiel. Today we're talking with Jim McKenna from Facilus about their shared storage platform for production and ...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 31 min read
Hi, I'm Jeff Sangpiel, CTO at Qualstar. I've been introducing myself that way to people now for a little bit after joining the Qualstar team. Biggest question I'm usually asked after that is what's Qualstar? There's a simple answer to this. Qualar is LTO. But ...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 3 min read
Hi, Jeff Sangpill here with Qualstar. When it comes to collaborating on content for film, television, or the internet, there's so much information available on how to write better, shoot better, and edit better. But just like you see a massive chunk of mass be...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 12 min read
LTO10 as an open format technology. Linear tape open or LTO tape drives and media from different manufacturers have always been interoperable. So the formatting and operation guidelines are primarily managed through the LTO Ultrium's format specifications. Her...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 4 min read
Howdy everybody. I'm Jeff Sangfield with Qualstar. Welcome to the first in the series of all roads lead to archive. Let's start with the what first. Linear tape open is the name known as LTO to its friends and was introduced to the market in the year 2000. Now...
Indexed from @Qualstar_Channel videos · 12 min read