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We still use tapes at my enterprise. I'm on the network team, so I don't really work with the tapes directly, but it doesn't seem as inconvenient as it might so
by sh-run 9y ago
We still use tapes at my enterprise. I'm on the network team, so I don't really work with the tapes directly, but it doesn't seem as inconvenient as it might sound.
We have a few large "tape libraries" in our data centers. The tape libraries have a robotic arm that handles the bulk of the tape swapping and organization. Humans are involved in loading the tape library and carrying the tapes offsite for storage.
I'm speaking as someone who has had a couple of casual conversations about the tape libraries and am not involved in the management of them in any way. They could actually be a huge pain.
- cat199 9y agoit's all about aligning the tape consumption with the size of the arrays/tape storage so groups of tapes need to be rotated at the same time. if done properly, it's as simple as grab this 'row' in the robot and replace it with this 'row' from the storage area - when not, it becomes a confusing hodgepodge of shelves and containers and which-tape-is-where.