| ▲ | tw04 2 days ago |
| > You probably don't want to have to need a separate device to read and a device to write. I don’t think this would bother the average enterprise in the least. We used to have entire rooms dedicated to tape libraries that housed dozens of tape drives and thousands of tapes each. The read and write speed are absolutely critical but having to utilize multiple devices isn’t anything new at all. |
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| ▲ | skycrafter0 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Used to? We absolutely still do. LTO is a widely used format, and as far as I'm aware, it is "picking up more steam" each year. |
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| ▲ | tw04 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I didn’t mean to imply that tape is dead despite the 40 years of insert new technology claiming they’ve finally killed tape. I more meant we no longer have room sized libraries unless the cloud providers have commissioned something custom and not available to the public. I believe the last installed powderhorn I’m aware of was decommissioned almost a decade ago now. https://www.iscgroupllc.com/products/storagetek/storagetek-p... | |
| ▲ | Dylan16807 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | In terms of capacity, LTO sales are increasing. In terms of tape count and drive count, there's been a steady decline. | | |
| ▲ | rowanG077 2 days ago | parent [-] | | I don't think there are public numbers. No doubt IBM knows. I do expect that trend to reverse this year if true. | | |
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| ▲ | bastawhiz 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| It doubles design, development, and manufacturing cost, potentially doubling your supply chain. It's not a problem for the consumer. |
