Tape will be around until something better for archival purposes comes around
It lasts significantly longer sitting on the shelf than HDD or SSD by far
I doubt it’s being used for anything other than backups and archiving though
Tape will be around until something better for archival purposes comes around
It lasts significantly longer sitting on the shelf than HDD or SSD by far
I doubt it’s being used for anything other than backups and archiving though
monotremata@kbin.social 9 months ago
It's also used for sending huge amounts of data long distances. "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway." That's usually attributed to Andrew S. Tanenbaum, but wikipedia follows that with "other alleged speakers include..." so take that with a grain of salt. They do note that the first problem in his book on computer networks asks students to calculate the throughput of a Saint Bernard carrying floppy disks.
blackluster117@possumpat.io 9 months ago
Do we assume the Saint Bernard is spherical and ignores air resistance?
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 9 months ago
No, it’s for real. The bandwidth of sending a truckload of disks to a destination can get to literally Tbps speeds. Latency is a different problem
blackluster117@possumpat.io 9 months ago
Oh, I’m aware. Just making a tongue in cheek physics joke since they said he put that problem in a textbook.
fishos@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Amazon is using trucks to ship hard drives for the largest data transfers. It’s more efficient than doing it over internet. They also offer a service where they will put the data you want in a drive, mail it to you, and after you’re done, you send the drive back.
aws.amazon.com/snowball/
StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Microsoft Azure Data Box Disk is offered also.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-overview