Tape Storage

Credit: ©20thCentFox Over the last 2 decades it has become almost fashionable to discriminate based on age. I consistently hear how tape is old technology, and how an organization is modernizing their data storage to match the transformation. ...

Organizations that need long-term retention of large amounts of data often rely on tape storage due to its endurance, low energy consumption, low total cost of ownership, and impressive sustainability. But when it comes to retrieving random files, it’s ...

That’s right in 1956 , companies were gladly paying $640,000 per month per GB for spinning data storage on IBM RMAC . RMAC was only available on a lease basis, with the best support any company could provide. Physical tape was considerably less expensive, ...