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I’m still confused how SMR is suitable even for archive storage. The drives slow down tremendously when doing long sequential writes. I don’t think tape even do
by TheKarateKid 7y ago
I’m still confused how SMR is suitable even for archive storage. The drives slow down tremendously when doing long sequential writes. I don’t think tape even does this.
- justinclift 7y agoTape is pretty constant. It has a (let say) "optimum" throughput, and as long as you get the data to the drive controller fast enough that's what it'll do. If you don't then the tape drive write speed falls off pretty quick as it does stuff to cope.