Plugging a SSD to a new server and restoring a file should take few minutes, since the filesystem table is accessible instantly. With tapes you either have the

Plugging a SSD to a new server and restoring a file should take few minutes, since the filesystem table is accessible instantly. With tapes you either have the catalog saved outside the media or you need to read it from the media. Depends on the type of the backups taken and the amount of data, this process can take much longer than expected naively.