The functionality of IBM Spectrum Archive is provided by IBM Linear Tape File System.
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IBM has developed a file system for tape called the Linear Tape File System.
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The Linear Tape File System is a method of storing file metadata on a separate part of the tape.
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File archiver and backup tools have been created to pack multiple files along with the related metadata into a single'tape file '.
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The IBM implementation of this file system has been released as the open-source IBM Linear Tape File System Single Drive Edition ( LTFS-SDE ) product.
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Autocoder did implement a new feature : the byte mark, a single character which served to delimit a block of memory of any size, or a tape file.
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In 2012, Quantum introduced its Scalar LTFS ( Linear Tape File System ) appliance, which offers new modes of portability and user accessibility for archived content on LTO tape.
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General Recorded Tape filed for Chapter 11 restructuring in 1979, owing $ 21 million, against an estimated $ 19 million in assets, and where approximately 6, 000 creditors were listed.
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The Linear Tape File System uses a separate partition on the tape to record the index meta-data, thereby avoiding the problems associated with scattering directory entries across the entire tape.
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The Munich-based Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper recently reported the United States would give Germany access to the records, in return for access to Stasi magnetic tape files recently deciphered in Germany.