[TUHS] [OT] VAXen, my children, just don't belong some places

[Peter Jeremy]

On 2016-Oct-20 16:46:39 +1100, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, Random832 wrote:
>
>> Tapes are still bigger than disks, to my understanding. The state of the 
>> art is 185 TB according to a quick google.
>
>As the old saying went, never underestimate the bandwidth of a 
>station-wagon full of mag tapes...

Actually, I think they've been eclipsed by microSD cards.  A microSD
card weighs ~0.25g and you can fit ~6000/l, with 256GB on each. (And,
unlike the 185TB tapes, you can actually buy 256GB cards and readers).

-- 
Peter Jeremy
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