Storage Timeline

|  | Information Research Services | Updated: 02 December 1997

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1964: DECtape is introduced concurrent with the PDP-7.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1970: DIGITAL introduces the TU10 magnetic tape unit.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | November 1979: The RL02 disk drive is announced.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | October 1980: The RM80 disk is introduced.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | June 1982: Announcement of the RA60 and RA81 disk drives and DIGITAL Storage Architecture puts DIGITAL at the forefront in storage technology.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | May 1983: DIGITAL ships the HSC50 controller, its first intelligent disk subsystem.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | February 1984: DIGITAL announces the TK50 cartridge tape drive.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1988: Digital Storage System Interconnect (DSSI) is introduced for MicroVAX 3300/3400 and higher systems.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1991: DIGITAL ships the EZ51 high performance Solid State Disk.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1993: DIGITAL announces StorageWorks, a new generation of storage solutions.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | January 1997: DIGITAL announces a 9GB disk drive for use with the company’s high-performance StorageWorks RAID arrays for OEMs. The drive, configured in a single cabinet, provides OEMs with more than a terabyte of storage in only 7.75 square feet of floor space – the industry’s highest storage density.