[HN Gopher] Why the Future of Data Storage Is (Still) Magnetic Tape
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       Why the Future of Data Storage Is (Still) Magnetic Tape
        
       Author : Bluestein
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2021-06-13 10:39 UTC (12 hours ago)
        
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       | Bluestein wrote:
       | "It should come as no surprise that recent advances in big-data
       | analytics and artificial intelligence have created strong
       | incentives for enterprises to amass information about every
       | measurable aspect of their businesses. And financial regulations
       | now require organizations to keep records for much longer periods
       | than they had to in the past. So companies and institutions of
       | all stripes are holding onto more and more.
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       | Studies show [PDF] that the amount of data being recorded is
       | increasing at 30 to 40 percent per year. At the same time, the
       | capacity of modern hard drives, which are used to store most of
       | this, is increasing at less than half that rate. Fortunately,
       | much of this information doesn't need to be accessed instantly.
       | And for such things, magnetic tape is the perfect solution.
       | 
       | Seriously? Tape? The very idea may evoke images of reels rotating
       | fitfully next to a bulky mainframe in an old movie like Desk Set
       | or Dr. Strangelove. So, a quick reality check: Tape has never
       | gone away!"
        
       | blakesterz wrote:
       | This is from 2018, I'd be curious to hear if anything has changed
       | in the past few years.
        
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