Sony develops tech for 185TB tapes: 3,700 times more storage than a Blu-ray disc

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[KarlInOhio]

I miss 1600/6250 tapes for my AS400.

Up to 170 MB for a 2400 foot tape. I remember lugging those things around with my tape box capable of holding 6 reels. Now you can have almost a thousand tapes of data on a thumb drive.

[4Speed]

Speed of restore from tape to Disk storage has to be considered, as well as having 40 different backups on one tape drive ........ and needing 2 or more at the same time.

Tape is sequential.

[4Speed]

How many punched cards on a MFCM is that?

[fision]

I would hope that there is a WORM version for electronic records.

[Dr. Sivana]

I would hope that there is a WORM version for electronic records.

That's usually done in the software or firmware of the drive. Pretty standard these days. Since it's magnetic, it cannot be completely uneraseable.

[Steely Tom]

That can probably be said about anything except punchcards, papertape, and paper printed output.

I know where there are some Enver Hoxha posters that are still legible after 45 years stuck to lamp posts and exposed to Upstate New York winters.