This is the vintage technology some companies are using to store your data marketwatch.com Submitted by ziq on September 28, 2017 at 4:37 PM in Tech 4 comments 5
zorblax wrote on September 28, 2017 at 6:29 PM tape has always been the go-to for mass backups and archival. It's fairly space-efficient and relatively cheap and reliable. Permalink 4 theblackcat wrote on September 28, 2017 at 8:01 PM So a tape can hold TBs of data now? Permalink Parent 2 zorblax wrote on September 28, 2017 at 9:01 PM yes. Permalink Parent 2 LordSandwhich wrote on September 30, 2017 at 12:43 AM Also tape is mostly prone to mechanical failure on the recorder/reader. The data is independent of the mechanism unlike hard drives. Permalink Parent 1
theblackcat wrote on September 28, 2017 at 8:01 PM So a tape can hold TBs of data now? Permalink Parent 2 zorblax wrote on September 28, 2017 at 9:01 PM yes. Permalink Parent 2
LordSandwhich wrote on September 30, 2017 at 12:43 AM Also tape is mostly prone to mechanical failure on the recorder/reader. The data is independent of the mechanism unlike hard drives. Permalink Parent 1
zorblax wrote
tape has always been the go-to for mass backups and archival. It's fairly space-efficient and relatively cheap and reliable.