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minus-squareHueristic_Autistic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoShouldn’t data centers be doing reels of data tape then instead of taking all our forms of removable media? Wouldn’t that make a lot more sense? 40tb reels sound a lot more effective than a 4tb HD. Probably a lot less heat too.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoWell, they can only be read linearly so they suck for random-access storage. But they are used in data centers, for backups.
Shouldn’t data centers be doing reels of data tape then instead of taking all our forms of removable media?
Wouldn’t that make a lot more sense? 40tb reels sound a lot more effective than a 4tb HD. Probably a lot less heat too.
Well, they can only be read linearly so they suck for random-access storage. But they are used in data centers, for backups.