costing around $27 per month for each 18-terabyte LTO-9 tape cartridge used, or approximately $1.50/TB. That’s significantly cheaper than the likes of Backblaze ($6/TB a month) and Wasabi ($6.99 ...

A single 18TB LTO-9 cartridge, retailing for $88 ... of the remaining candidates, tape is the one most likely to survive and thrive. Hard drives are great for low hundreds Terabytes and the ...

See binary and bit. Tapes were originally open reels but were superseded by a variety of cartridges and cassettes. Today, LTO is the only thriving tape technology with future plans for increased ...