Drive speed is measured in inches per second (ips). Over the decades, storage density jumped from 200 bits per square inch to millions and billions of bits. See magnetic tape formats. THIS ...

When it comes to cheap but massive data storage, magnetic tape is still the favoured choice of data centre managers. But its very slow read speed isn't great if you need to grab data off it quickly.

A high-capacity data storage system for storing ... retrieve and load the cartridge into the drive and locate the data on the tape. See cartridge and magnetic tape. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...

London-based Magnetic Scrolls ... potentially chewing up the tape and destroying it permanently. This was further exacerbated by the behaviour of the DEC TK50Z tape drive, which needed to shuttle ...