Open reel refers to magnetic tape coiled in a reel. The drives have two spindles; one for the supply reel and another for take-up. Open reels gave way to self-threading tape cartridges ...

Currently, magnetic storage is still manufactured as hard disk drives (HDDs) but you won’t find a tape drive in a modern consumer computer. That’s not likely to change but IBM is pushing the ...

A sequential storage medium ... Tapes were originally open reels but were superseded by a variety of cartridges and cassettes. Today, LTO is the only thriving tape technology with future plans ...

If you want super-fast storage, you get an SSD ... and Quantum Corporation co-develop the LTO (Linear Tape-Open) Ultrium format and it gets used in magnetic tape cartridges that can store up ...