In their push to change the way corporate data centers back up their data, the vendors often leave in their wake confusion as to the viability of hard disk as a tape substitute. >&gt ...

sequential format on tape. Sequential format is commonly referred to as tape format. sequential (tape) format on disk. Accessing tapes is usually slower and more cumbersome than accessing files on ...

The computer's storage media prior to solid state drives (SSDs). Magnetic tape and disks were developed in the 1950s and commonly used together in companies for decades. Tape was the primary ...

One alternative is to back up data on disk, which is inherently faster than tape. Some users are taking an extra step by adding tape to the mix, creating disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup systems.

It proved to be less expensive but slower than drum memory, while being faster and more expensive than tape drives. The first commercial hard disk drive was introduced in 1956 as part of the IBM ...