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PatrThom

PatrThom

PatrThom said:
Turns out that the most economical and commonly used long-term storage these days is...drum roll please...magnetic tape! Yes, LTO storage, based on that "70yr-old technology" and introduced 25 years ago, is the most common and most economical storage method, holding between 18-40TB per 4in(10cm) cartridge, and can last 25-50 years when stored properly. Oh, and you can buy the cartridges for about US$100ea.
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Oh, look! Someone did an entire article on the whole "ancient magnetic tape" thing.
www.tomshardware.com

U.S. Gov't eliminates tape data storage at the GSA to save $1M per year, but tape isn't dead yet

But the triumphant social media post gets a Community Note.
www.tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com
In brief, tape storage remains in favor for multiple reasons, but most importantly due to the format’s huge capacity, long-term development roadmap that continues to evolve, known durability (30 years estimated), low energy consumption, TCO, and suitability for cold storage.

It would be very interesting to know what storage system and media have been selected to replace the GSA’s tape system, but we don't have these details to hand.
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Yes, I am also interested in knowing these details. At this point I would hardly be surprised to find out that DOGE has implemented digital storage via JPGs.

--Patrick
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

That's silly, USB flash drives are rewritable! That's not permanent, that's not permanent at all!

No, obviously they burned all the data onto CDs.
 
Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

PatrThom said:
Oh, look! Someone did an entire article on the whole "ancient magnetic tape" thing.
www.tomshardware.com

U.S. Gov't eliminates tape data storage at the GSA to save $1M per year, but tape isn't dead yet

But the triumphant social media post gets a Community Note.
www.tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com

Yes, I am also interested in knowing these details. At this point I would hardly be surprised to find out that DOGE has implemented digital storage via JPGs.

--Patrick
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Trementina Base - Wikipedia

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Bubble181

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
Yes, I am also interested in knowing these details. At this point I would hardly be surprised to find out that DOGE has implemented digital storage via JPGs.

--Patrick
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With this bunch I'm pretty sure the answer is "whatever storage medium one of us was selling and can therefore get rich off of"

Alternatively, they just put it all "in the cloud" because that's basically magically infinite right?
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

An honorable and dedicated warrior and officer who never hesitated to throw himself into danger even when he was matched up against enemies far stronger than him? Repeatedly? Hell yeah he deserves statues.
 
Dave

Dave

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Daffy's needs to read, "Hope you bought low when I told you to, other insider trading billionaires!"
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Honestly, every country capable of doing it should impose sanctions on the US with the express message to knock it off with the tariffs. I don't know what sanctions, specifically, but just sanction the hell out of the US until Trump gets the message. This back and forth with tariffs isn't getting through to him.

Of course, it's all just blatant market manipulation, anyway, and he doesn't care what it does to the market or the country's reputation.
 
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