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coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 hours ago

Magnetic tape is going strong in the age of AI, and it's about to get even better – new design materials and capacity boosts mean it's still an enterprise favorite

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Magnetic tape is going strong in the age of AI, and it's about to get even better – new design materials and capacity boosts mean it's still an enterprise favorite

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coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 hours ago
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It might date back to the 1950s, but Magnetic tape storage is still relevant in 2025
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  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    Sweet. Gimme a brand spanking new drive that uses a sizeable cassette and bring back the experience of VHS.

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      This got me thinking that maybe I should grab an LTO drive to use for homelab backups.

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        what is the ballpark price to get started on this kind of setup?

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          Less than a thousand when I considered it in the past couple years, but not worth it for me due to overrated data durability. Found we need home vinyl record etching machines if we want something as good at shelf stability as these tapes are sometimes proclaimed to be.

          Not bad for pure storage density though

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