{"id":16465,"date":"2023-02-25T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.databack.fr\/non-categorise\/why-migrate-my-data-to-tape\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:50:48","slug":"why-migrate-my-data-to-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.databack.fr\/en\/faq\/why-migrate-my-data-to-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"Why migrate my data to tape?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In use since the earliest days of computing, <strong>magnetic tapes<\/strong> are still widely used in data storage. Outdated in appearance, but far from obsolete, they far outclass HDDs and SSDs as mass storage devices. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The advantages of magnetic tape<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite their low reading speed and the impossibility of simultaneous writing operations, the advantages of magnetic tapes lie in their other characteristics:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>very high storage capacity: by 2022 there will be prototypes with a capacity of 580TB, compared with 8TB for SSDs and 12TB for HDDs;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long service life: LTOs have a service life of 30 years without data degradation, compared with 5 years for HDDs;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>lower financial cost per gigabyte and lower operating costs than other information storage media;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>removable cassettes: easy to relocate, store and secure by<em> air gap<\/em>, physically isolating them from the computer network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is magnetic tape used for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These characteristics make magnetic tapes particularly well-suited:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>data transfer or migration procedures;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>long-term data storage and archiving ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>full or incremental backup operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In use since the earliest days of computing, magnetic tapes are still widely used in data storage. 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