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blackmonsters · 05-08-2014, 11:50 AM

Old School is a nigga.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/08/tech/i...html?hpt=hp_t2

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Sony's record-breaking magnetic tape technology allows it to store 180 terabytes of data on a single cartridge. That's the same amount of storage as 1,184 iPod Classics, Apple's roomiest music player, which can hold about 40,000 songs. Using that number, Sony's new cassette could technically store about 47.3 million songs of its own.

But alas, it's still tape.

FlowerKid · 05-08-2014, 02:01 PM

Well, Sony with its copy protection shit is the last company who wants you to have 47 million songs.

seeandsee · 05-08-2014, 03:34 PM

why they did do it back in 90s?

Nice_Nick · 05-08-2014, 03:41 PM

Hello... I want to see a photo of this "tape".. Is it like 100' long or something and you need a special machine to play it in?

If anyone has a real photo of this Sony tape please post it.

MrBottomTooth · 05-08-2014, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Nice_Nick

Hello... I want to see a photo of this "tape".. Is it like 100' long or something and you need a special machine to play it in?

If anyone has a real photo of this Sony tape please post it.

Its not like a regular audio cassette tape. This is a tape made for data storage only. They are wider. They were commonly used for backup purposes years ago. They were very slow so you couldn't actually read data off them in real time, like if you wanted to listen to an mp3. Basically for backups only. I assume these ones are pretty similar.

rowan · 05-08-2014, 11:41 PM

In the 1980s there was a company that sold a device which could archive data to VHS tapes. Pretty sure you could use it as a normal VCR too.

Scott McD · 05-08-2014, 11:53 PM

I couldn't even name 20 songs that i actually like...

Barry-xlovecam · 05-09-2014, 08:08 AM

That's one fuck of a hard copy ...

Theo · 05-09-2014, 11:03 AM

serious backup solutions for long term data storage are always on tape

EddyTheDog · 05-09-2014, 11:13 AM

A better article from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27282732

Just Alex · 05-09-2014, 11:14 AM

Racist post. Contains word nigga.

SilentKnight · 05-09-2014, 03:32 PM

I recall having an HP Colorado Travan tape drive back in the early 90s.

Slow as hell. Kept it about a year and then got rid of it.

rowan · 05-09-2014, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth

Its not like a regular audio cassette tape. This is a tape made for data storage only. They are wider. They were commonly used for backup purposes years ago. They were very slow so you couldn't actually read data off them in real time, like if you wanted to listen to an mp3. Basically for backups only. I assume these ones are pretty similar.

Backup tapes are still in use for absolute last resort data recovery, and long term archiving, but they're generally impractical for a first level restore.

I remember a disgruntled ex-employee wiped a bunch of servers at a host a few years back. They had everything backed up on tape, but because it was so slow the restore time was going to take several days (maybe even weeks IIRC). The host had obviously not taken such a situation into consideration when choosing to use only tape for backups.

fitzmulti · 05-09-2014, 08:23 PM

Yup...
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SilentKnight Megan Fox's fluffer Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: shooting pool in Elysium Posts: 24,818	I recall having an HP Colorado Travan tape drive back in the early 90s. Slow as hell. Kept it about a year and then got rid of it.