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Article: Tape Storage Is (Still) The Best Backup Medium.(Technology Information)
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- Computer Technology Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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Mark Twain said it best almost 100 years ago; after reading newspaper articles that he had died, Twain wrote the editor, claiming, "the reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated."
That's how it's been with tape storage. New storage technologies have repeatedly arisen, challenging tape's viability. Tape was supposed to have been replaced by more advanced products, but CD-ROM, magneto-optical (MO), DVD, and even RAID all have serious limitations as enterprise-level backup and archival storage media. Thanks to technology advancements, including some just around the corner, tape storage continues to be the most cost-effective archive and business continuity ...