IBM IS BACK IN THE HARDWARE BUSINESS GUYS https://arstechn

EEEEE!!!

U MADE MY DAY OP!

:3

What do you mean back in the hardware business? IBM gets fat DoD cheques to basically develop stuff that'll be used in the military.

>>61691100
DELET THIS

>>61691100
The thought of that much data on one tape gives me a boner.

>>61691212
I know, right? That's double my archive on a single backup tape

WHERE WERE U WHEN PORTABLE MAGNETIC STORAGE MADE A COMEBACK!?!?

WOOOHOOO!!

IBM + SONY DUO COULDNT BE BETTER!

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>>61691100
B I G B L U E
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>>61691100
CONSUMER AVAILABILITY WHEN

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meanwhile samsung is pushing a royalty free alternative to uhs which is backwards compatible with micro sdcard slots

is 2017 the year of storage?

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>we comfy cartridges again

hold me bros!

They never left. I'm crossing my fingers hoping that they find a way to jump back in the consumer hardware game.

>>61691268
>165 TB in backups
How even

>>61691414
Agreed.
Plus I want my vertical cart loader drive for my Linux ITX.

>Maximum comfyness achieved.

>>61691100
> The largest commercially available tapes only store 15TB. So, 330TB is quite a lot.
Wow this site sure is for morons.

>expecting /g/ to care about innovations in storage technology

You made a mistake OP!

Will they bring back retro tech (with modern specs) for fags like me?

>>61691100
CASSETTE TAPES ARE BACK BAABBEEE

>>61691100
At what point did Big Blue ever leave the hardware business?

>>61691100
THE TAPE IS A KILOMETER LONG

>>61691100
It never stopped being into hardware though.

>>61691450
>So 330tb is more big. I like more big.
*claps*

>>61691485
Well, reading this thread, some sure do

Finally another alternative to flash storage

we can finally end modern physical bitrot for archiving

this plus multi platter HDDs will provide competition for the market for a while to come

>>61691567
They left the consumer market when they sold Thinkpad.

Hopefully this is their re-entry into consumer business class.

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>>61691588
....
Muh D!

>>61691100
>IBM IS BACK IN THE HARDWARE BUSINESS GUYS
>IBM IS BACK

They never left. They just don't make consumer shit that you can shill for them.

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>>61691100
>built-in lubricant layer

>>61691785
Tape drives have always had the best storage to cost ratio.

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FUCK YOU WITH YOUR NAZY COMPANY

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Optane will beat it

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>>61694826
Related IBM marketing image.

Interesting that this is still on a 100nm-ish scale. I wonder if they eventually also bring data tracks down to like 15nm or smaller.

>>61691100
>tape is back
YUS

>>61692850
Kek

>>61691100
Stop with these misleading title.
IBM never left that kind of business.
Call me when IBM do laptops again.