Recent Sales Hint That Tape For Storage Is Far From Dead 228
Posted
by
timothy
from the didn't-you-know-that-tar-is-sticky? dept.
from the didn't-you-know-that-tar-is-sticky? dept.
hightechchick writes "Staples' business-to-business sales of backup tape for storage are experiencing a bit of a revival. What's next, a return to dumb terminals and mainframes (a la cloud computing)?"
What's Next? (Score:5, Funny)
I'll tell you whats next...
A device that lets you type up a word document and it prints it out real time. Essentially it prints your keystrokes as soon as you press them. I also foresee it having an extremely long battery life.
Re:Real link (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, you go and store 17PB on LTO and you think you know it all do you?
I'll just duck off to my corner and resume setting up my 8-slot autoloader.
As you were...
Re:Not news. (Score:3, Funny)
Does it weigh less than 20 pairs of shoes (including retail packaging) and ten boxes of chocolates?
Paper or plastic? (Score:4, Funny)
For *real* archiving, you cannot beat paper tape. I don't trust it unless I can see the holes.