In the world of consumer electronics, spinning hard drives and flash memory dominate. It’s been a long, long time since we’ve cared about magnetic tape storage. While the newer technologies such as actual spinning pieces of metal or static pieces of silicon have plenty of pros over magnetic tape, there is one big feature that the later two simply can’t beat — price.
Magnetic tape storage is cheaper than cheap. So it isn’t too surprising to hear that these new 35TB magnetic tape storage devices are aimed front and center at businesses. You know, the type of folks who are always looking to save an extra buck here and there.
So while it’s pretty unexciting stuff for a good chunk of consumers, I know there’s at least a few people out there reading this during work hours with suited gents who are no doubt utterly geeked. Even though I despise suits and am an all around more casual (read: fuck business) type of person, I still can’t help getting a little excited about a 35TB cartridge that’s the size of a small sandwich. You?
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