Questions tagged [tape]

I am trying to understand tape load/unload cycle in a data center setting. As far as I understand, tapes and tape drives, both have load/unload cycles. So each time a tape is loaded into a tape drive which is then loaded into a tape library, does…

Possible Duplicate: Advantages/Disadvantages of using tape instead of disk As I've never used a tape drive, this is probably a naive question. I was always guessing that tape must probably be cheaper which is why people would want it. But then I…