[HN Gopher] Why the Future of Data Storage Is (Still) Magnetic Tape ___________________________________________________________________ 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) (HTM) web link (spectrum.ieee.org) (TXT) w3m dump (spectrum.ieee.org) | 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. | | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-06-13 23:00 UTC)