Tape is cheaper than disk. Even with all the advancements in deduplication – which is primarily used on disk – tape is still cheaper per gigabyte than tape for a few reasons.

The debate over whether disk or tape is the better solution for backup has been going on for some time now, and it seems the answer you get typically depends on who is responding to the question.

Despite its relatively slow speed and overall bulkiness, tape has its strengths. After all, it’s inexpensive compared with most disks, it’s portable and has been used in data centers for years ...

Disk-based solutions are vying to take over your backup processes. Tape may give an inch, but tape has plenty of inches where that came from. Integrated Solutions, May 2003 Written by: Tom von Gunden ...

Despite its relatively slow speed and overall bulkiness, tape has its strengths. After all, it’s inexpensive compared with most disks, it’s portable and has been used in data centers for years ...

“Tape capacity is limited only by available shelf space, but disk backup requires no interaction.” Businesses generally turn to one of three options to replace tape backup: Disaster Recovery as a ...

Disk-based backup arrays are not displacing tape for the most part, said Robert Abraham, president of research firm Freeman Reports. "In some cases, they do, but they really make tape backups more ...

Feature The future of archival data storage is tape, more tape, and then possibly glass-based tech, with DNA and other ...

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Times have sure changed for tape and disk. Once adversaries, they are now becoming co-habitants in the storage world. The emergence of SATA technology certainly is helping, but the added pressure ...

"Stick them on disk": Plucky UK firm wants humble hard drives to win data war against tape, optical disks and cloud storage — and it plans to do so by getting rid of RAID and slowing down ...

Herbert's interest is in machines from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, and he has encountered a lot of software stored on punched paper tape. Wound loosely, there's a good chance the code can still be read ...