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mikequinlan
on Aug 15, 2023
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Coughlin: SSDs will not kill disk drives
Magnetic tape is still being used for niche applications.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-tape_data_storage#Via...
pjdesno
on Aug 15, 2023
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We've got a 100PB tape robot. It's not dead, although it's close enough that almost no one noticed when a patent dispute meant that you couldn't buy the highest density tapes for a year or so.
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