JackbyDev to CassetteFuturism@lemm.eeEnglish • 11 months agoWhy the Future of Data Storage is (Still) Magnetic Tapespectrum.ieee.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
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minus-square@RobotToasterlinkEnglish3•11 months agoI really wish they made data tapes the size of normal compact audio cassettes using modern technology.
minus-square@Droechai@lemm.eelinkfedilink4•11 months agoA cassette sized backup would be so easy to store, with a big caveat on how much the drive itself would cost
minus-squareJackbyDevOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoWho knows, we may yet see them. I couldn’t find the exact article or video but it was saying how there’s a lot of R&D that can still go into tape drives to make storage more dense. We may yet see SSD sized tape drives!
I really wish they made data tapes the size of normal compact audio cassettes using modern technology.
A cassette sized backup would be so easy to store, with a big caveat on how much the drive itself would cost
Who knows, we may yet see them. I couldn’t find the exact article or video but it was saying how there’s a lot of R&D that can still go into tape drives to make storage more dense. We may yet see SSD sized tape drives!