“What’s old is new.” For anyone enamored by the #NVIDIA AI data center container announcement, let’s go back to 2006 and recall #ProjectBlackbox from #SunMicrosystems, the original, portable data center built with #Java, #Solaris, #UltraSparc, and #StorageTek: www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15300...
Sun Microsystems unveils portable data center
Server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. has a novel twist on the data center: a portable version of the hulking outposts that house nothing but computers and equipment needed to store and proc...
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October 22, 2026 at 1:07 AM
“What’s old is new.” For anyone enamored by the #NVIDIA AI data center container announcement, let’s go back to 2006 and recall #ProjectBlackbox from #SunMicrosystems, the original, portable data center built with #Java, #Solaris, #UltraSparc, and #StorageTek: www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15300...
if anyone in Seattle/bellevue is like "Damn I wish I had a magnetic tape library" here's your chance to get one for free
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From the homelabsales community on Reddit: [FREE][US-WA] Sun/Oracle StorageTek SL3000 Robotic Tape Library
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October 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
if anyone in Seattle/bellevue is like "Damn I wish I had a magnetic tape library" here's your chance to get one for free
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Does anyone want a free Oracle/Sun StorageTek SL3000 tape library? It currently has 10x T10000C tape drives to be able to take 5TB StorageTek T2 tapes, but can be swapped to take modern LTO drives.
Equipped with an HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch.
Free, near Seattle. Will need a liftgate truck.
Equipped with an HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch.
Free, near Seattle. Will need a liftgate truck.
October 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Does anyone want a free Oracle/Sun StorageTek SL3000 tape library? It currently has 10x T10000C tape drives to be able to take 5TB StorageTek T2 tapes, but can be swapped to take modern LTO drives.
Equipped with an HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch.
Free, near Seattle. Will need a liftgate truck.
Equipped with an HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch.
Free, near Seattle. Will need a liftgate truck.
City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire
City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire
These are found in the Louisville/Broomfield area, north of Denver, but aren’t the only local techy streets.
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April 1, 2026 at 2:26 AM
City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire
"Now listen Mike, I've got a job for you. See that button? DON'T TOUCH IT! It's the history eraser button."
Mike Karolchik (L) and Rich Lynch (R) examine the StorageTek disk drives attached to the WVNET IBM mainframe.
Circa 1980s. #tbt
Mike Karolchik (L) and Rich Lynch (R) examine the StorageTek disk drives attached to the WVNET IBM mainframe.
Circa 1980s. #tbt
July 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Now listen Mike, I've got a job for you. See that button? DON'T TOUCH IT! It's the history eraser button."
Mike Karolchik (L) and Rich Lynch (R) examine the StorageTek disk drives attached to the WVNET IBM mainframe.
Circa 1980s. #tbt
Mike Karolchik (L) and Rich Lynch (R) examine the StorageTek disk drives attached to the WVNET IBM mainframe.
Circa 1980s. #tbt
Sure, but who wants their business located on Floppy Drive?
City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire | Tom's Hardware share.google/w45Kgdlo466i...
City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire | Tom's Hardware share.google/w45Kgdlo466i...
City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire
These are found in the Louisville/Broomfield area, north of Denver, but aren’t the only local techy streets.
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March 23, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Sure, but who wants their business located on Floppy Drive?
City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire | Tom's Hardware share.google/w45Kgdlo466i...
City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire | Tom's Hardware share.google/w45Kgdlo466i...
📰 City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire
Tape Drive and Disk Drive rods in the Louisville/Broomfield area are a relic of the STK diskmaker's time in the city.
Tape Drive and Disk Drive rods in the Louisville/Broomfield area are a relic of the STK diskmaker's time in the city.
City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to th
Tape Drive and Disk Drive rods in the Louisville/Broomfield area are a relic of the STK diskmaker's time in the city.
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March 22, 2026 at 11:59 AM
📰 City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire
Tape Drive and Disk Drive rods in the Louisville/Broomfield area are a relic of the STK diskmaker's time in the city.
Tape Drive and Disk Drive rods in the Louisville/Broomfield area are a relic of the STK diskmaker's time in the city.
I don't remember them by number do you have an image of a storagetek 7700?
April 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I don't remember them by number do you have an image of a storagetek 7700?
The worst was when Storagetek sent us an array with disks that had not been properly initialized. Not a single one. Spent the weekend, as a junior, helping put in a disk at a time, letting it sync as part of one of the internal raids, and adding another disk. It was 100+, so not terrible. Still.
July 25, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The worst was when Storagetek sent us an array with disks that had not been properly initialized. Not a single one. Spent the weekend, as a junior, helping put in a disk at a time, letting it sync as part of one of the internal raids, and adding another disk. It was 100+, so not terrible. Still.
Digital Ghosts: How a Data Storage Firm Left Its Mark on Colorado Roads
#TechHistory #Colorado #StorageTek #AusNews
https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-22-digital-ghosts-how-a-data-storage-firm-left-its-mark-on-colorado-roads-ddcf0f30
#TechHistory #Colorado #StorageTek #AusNews
https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-22-digital-ghosts-how-a-data-storage-firm-left-its-mark-on-colorado-roads-ddcf0f30
Digital Ghosts: How a Data Storage Firm Left Its Mark on Colorado Roads
Two streets in Colorado bear names from a defunct storage company's campus, remnants of the tech boom era.
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March 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Digital Ghosts: How a Data Storage Firm Left Its Mark on Colorado Roads
#TechHistory #Colorado #StorageTek #AusNews
https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-22-digital-ghosts-how-a-data-storage-firm-left-its-mark-on-colorado-roads-ddcf0f30
#TechHistory #Colorado #StorageTek #AusNews
https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-22-digital-ghosts-how-a-data-storage-firm-left-its-mark-on-colorado-roads-ddcf0f30
You are very welcome to us in Spain. My self working for StorageTek before becoming Oracle as an senior engineer.
May 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
You are very welcome to us in Spain. My self working for StorageTek before becoming Oracle as an senior engineer.
(My first mainframe was a 370/155 with 1 MB of core store and 1 MB of StorageTek dynamic RAM, 16 disk drives, 5 tape units, card and paper tape reader, a card punch and two 1403 lineprinters. It did _ALL_ the computing for Dunlop UK, including National Tyre Service, and ran an online (CICS) system.)
March 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
(My first mainframe was a 370/155 with 1 MB of core store and 1 MB of StorageTek dynamic RAM, 16 disk drives, 5 tape units, card and paper tape reader, a card punch and two 1403 lineprinters. It did _ALL_ the computing for Dunlop UK, including National Tyre Service, and ran an online (CICS) system.)
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City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire
These are found in the Louisville/Broomfield area, north of Denver, but aren’t the only local techy streets.
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In a way, it reminds me of how old Sun E10Ks' domain-configuration would pull information. Dog. Slow.
Also reminiscent of when I was stuck doing StorageTek (tape-library) work and customers were using serial-based control systems rather than updating their boards so that they could use TCP/IP […]
Also reminiscent of when I was stuck doing StorageTek (tape-library) work and customers were using serial-based control systems rather than updating their boards so that they could use TCP/IP […]
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May 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
In a way, it reminds me of how old Sun E10Ks' domain-configuration would pull information. Dog. Slow.
Also reminiscent of when I was stuck doing StorageTek (tape-library) work and customers were using serial-based control systems rather than updating their boards so that they could use TCP/IP […]
Also reminiscent of when I was stuck doing StorageTek (tape-library) work and customers were using serial-based control systems rather than updating their boards so that they could use TCP/IP […]
Bandbibliothek für bis zu 300 Tapes. Oracle erweitert mit dem StorageTek SL150 sein Portfolio um eine neue Tape Library
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May 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Bandbibliothek für bis zu 300 Tapes. Oracle erweitert mit dem StorageTek SL150 sein Portfolio um eine neue Tape Library
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American firms now use tech developed by Canadians. For Oracle: Oracle Spatial, Oracle Parallel Server had significant input from BIO hydrography, Digital/Compaq Tru64 UNIX.
At least one Veritas NetBackup bug was patched using code supplied by an IT staffer at BIO working on a StorageTek SL-8500.
At least one Veritas NetBackup bug was patched using code supplied by an IT staffer at BIO working on a StorageTek SL-8500.
June 29, 2026 at 2:22 PM
American firms now use tech developed by Canadians. For Oracle: Oracle Spatial, Oracle Parallel Server had significant input from BIO hydrography, Digital/Compaq Tru64 UNIX.
At least one Veritas NetBackup bug was patched using code supplied by an IT staffer at BIO working on a StorageTek SL-8500.
At least one Veritas NetBackup bug was patched using code supplied by an IT staffer at BIO working on a StorageTek SL-8500.
I had heart surgery in Ddc 2019, retired in 2020. Looks like Larry screwed up Oracle a few years later. It's sad, I liked the database software, Forms, Java, ADF, StorageTek and SUN. Never bought into "the cloud," that single point of failure for everybody.
youtu.be/9v2eZKsEJMI
youtu.be/9v2eZKsEJMI
Oracle: How Larry Ellison Destroyed a $900B Tech Empire
YouTube video by JunkBondInvestor
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March 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
I had heart surgery in Ddc 2019, retired in 2020. Looks like Larry screwed up Oracle a few years later. It's sad, I liked the database software, Forms, Java, ADF, StorageTek and SUN. Never bought into "the cloud," that single point of failure for everybody.
youtu.be/9v2eZKsEJMI
youtu.be/9v2eZKsEJMI
Microsoft admins are not tinkerers or engineers like unix/storagetek/oracle admins.
March 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Microsoft admins are not tinkerers or engineers like unix/storagetek/oracle admins.
I used to work in a data center... If IT staff or a UNIX admin or StorageTek admin knows a dataset is important, there's a chance someone did an extra backup because something might always go wrong with computer hardware and software. If they used Microsoft solutions it's a different story.
March 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I used to work in a data center... If IT staff or a UNIX admin or StorageTek admin knows a dataset is important, there's a chance someone did an extra backup because something might always go wrong with computer hardware and software. If they used Microsoft solutions it's a different story.
StorageTek MSMs, token ring, PDP 11s ...
February 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
StorageTek MSMs, token ring, PDP 11s ...
This is fun. Oracle Storagetek SL-8500 tape storage system. We used to have one. Service Canada declared they weren't in the archival business because... ?????? no reason. Anyway.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ2t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ2t...
STORAGETEK SL8500 TAPE LIBRARY DEMO ORACLE storage tape library
YouTube video by Racing-46
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February 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is fun. Oracle Storagetek SL-8500 tape storage system. We used to have one. Service Canada declared they weren't in the archival business because... ?????? no reason. Anyway.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ2t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ2t...