> Tape is the purest implementation of magnetic storage concepts. As such it is going to improve faster than HDDs I agree with the former, but I think your con

> Tape is the purest implementation of magnetic storage concepts. As such it is going to improve faster than HDDs I agree with the former, but I think your conclusion misses a critical piece of technology development: volume (which drives funding). Of course, HDD volume is going down, while SSD volume is going up. That may well give tape enough of a comparitive advantage, if it hasn't already. > The only threat to tape is public perception of it being "old" For a definition of "public" narrowed a bit to include only/mostly computer professionals, I'd add "slow" as a mis-perception. Other perceptions I, personally, have is that it's expensive and inflexible, mostly in the context of startup companies. I don't believe that's any kind of threat to tape, however, since it's likely these same companies will gladly over-pay for a cloud version of tape.