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Why isn't anyone thinking tapes? You can get LTO 7 tapes for $0.008 per Gigabyte that allow 100-300 writes before the tape should be destroyed. Quantum and HP
by shiftpgdn 10y ago
Why isn't anyone thinking tapes? You can get LTO 7 tapes for $0.008 per Gigabyte that allow 100-300 writes before the tape should be destroyed. Quantum and HP make monstrous tape libraries that hold 5-10 petabytes per rack. You can also cartridge-ize your library for even more dense storage on a literal warehouse rack somewhere.
Tapes also match the slow retrieval speeds as you have to read the data out onto a drive linearly.
- eridius 10y agoAmazon already denied using tapes, which was mentioned in the third paragraph of the article.
- shiftpgdn 10y agoThere isn't a source mentioned for the denial of tapes but this article claims an Amazon insider verified that it is tapes: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/18/ipexpo_2012/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/18/ipexpo_2012/