Yes modern use case for tapes is archive, not backup. In fact, LTO-7 should be back-compatible from LTO-4 onwards to reflect this. Most people do backup disk-to

Yes modern use case for tapes is archive, not backup. In fact, LTO-7 should be back-compatible from LTO-4 onwards to reflect this. Most people do backup disk-to-disk, with a remote copy on tape for instance.