On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 15:31:05 +0100
"NY"  wrote:

> "Jan Panteltje"  wrote in message

> > IBM and Sony cram up to 330 terabytes into tiny tape cartridge:
> >
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/ibm-and-sony-cram-up-to-
330tb-into-tiny-tape-cartridge/\
>
> 330 *tera*bytes? Blimey. I bet it takes ages to locate the file that you
> want to retrieve in the event of file corruption or accidental deletion.

 Yep tapes are for disaster recovery, online or nearline backups are
much more practical for day-to-day mistake correction.

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