Re:IBM and Sony cram up to 330TB into tiny tape cartridge
by jonatron on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:47AM
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According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape-Open#Positioning_t... , in the region of 50 seconds, which isn't really good enough.
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Re:IBM and Sony cram up to 330TB into tiny tape cartridge
by LeifCarrotson on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @09:07AM
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I'm sure there's long-tail data on YouTube for which terabytes of files that could be backed up to tape are accessed far more slowly than every 50 seconds. I agree that this would not be a great user experience, but there's certainly a place for it, especially if the cost/terabyte is compelling.
Re:IBM and Sony cram up to 330TB into tiny tape cartridge
by jandrese on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @10:02AM
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The other problem is that Hard Drives are cheap as hell and tapes, especially ones loaded into automatic robots, are really not that cheap.
It's the perennial disappointment with tape drives that the media has "enterprise" pricing, making it barely better per TB than cheap consumer spinning hard drives.