Made in IBM Labs: IBM Research Sets New Record in Magnetic Tape Data Density
IBM researchers today announced they have demonstrated a world record in areal data density on linear magnetic tape — a significant update to one of the computer industry’s most resilient, reliable and affordable data storage technologies.
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Made in IBM Labs: IBM Research Sets New Record in Magnetic Tape Data Density
IBM researchers today announced they have demonstrated a world record in areal data density on linear magnetic tape — a significant update to one of the computer industry’s most resilient, reliable and affordable data storage technologies.
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about 1 year ago
@m134mr when a hhd ‘goes’, it’s usually just the reading needle arm that breaks, but the disk itself remains undamaged. Still costs more to repair than buying a new hhd though.
about 1 year ago
I have said tape based system for ever – it makes me laugh when people pay and download music from the internet, and then there hard drive goes – what are you going to do? keep copying them to hard drive to hard drive? – you need something physical, like a tape based system. You can easily splice a tape back together, but a hard drive etc – no way you can do that
about 1 year ago
Thusly tape has no use in your brain? Can’t you comprehend?
about 1 year ago
HDD’s and SSD’s are more reliable than tape, can’t you read?
about 1 year ago
@strangerd4nger HDD’s and SSD’s can brick themselves and be unreadable so what is your point?
about 1 year ago
@CRAKIZGOOD because they store data in a linear fashion, so it takes longer to access the data compared to disk. That and the drive needed to read / write the LTO tapes are several thousand dollars.
about 1 year ago
@CRAKIZGOOD Tape is unreliable and deteriorates.
about 1 year ago
interesting!
about 1 year ago
because you need special tolls for writing/reading on the tape. and that tech costs too much. and hdd/ssd drives are more accesible for computers that need speed.
about 1 year ago
WHAT 9000 !!!!!!
thx
about 1 year ago
@CRAKIZGOOD The hardware needed for using them is worth thousands in USD.
about 1 year ago
wait wait
let me get this straight
ive found a 1600 GB tape for 42 dollars
why do people buy 1 tb drives to backup media
about 1 year ago
This is very good news!
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Thanks for sharing.