Is tape dead? What do you use it for?

Fri. Mar. 21, 2008
This was originally posted here, on the EqualLogic Storage@Work blog 

With SSDs coming on fairly fast and products like Dell's RD 1000 now available for removable disk drive backup, the question is what or why are you using tape. I really want to know.

Here is the link to a BlipTV video where Marc Farley talks about tape.

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Only published comments... Friday, March 21, 2008 01:27 PM
by Marc Farley, Inside IT Lead Blogger
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Ken SChaefer said:

Tape is still faster. LTO4 speeds still kill something like an RD1000.

June 30, 2008 6:24 AM

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