On: The short, happy reign of CD-ROM

[justsomehnguy]

I guess you never saw a proper tape library?

· Start with an 80-slot 6U form-factor Base Library Module, and add up to 6 Expansion Library Modules for a total of 560 slots in a 42U rack form factor

· 25.2PB of total maximum compressed capacity with 560 slots and LTO-9 drives

· Performance scaling from 1 to 42 LTO HH Tape Drives and transfer rates of 300 MB/s per LTO-9 Tape Drive.

https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/c04111416.html?jumpid=in_pdp-p...

[Arrath → justsomehnguy]

>I guess you never saw a proper tape library?

Does the robot armature in the enclosure swapping tapes around in Schwarzenegger's Eraser count?

Thanks for the example, that is a lot of tape and a lot of throughput.

[justsomehnguy → Arrath]

Heh, I don't even remember that film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41z8_qPOrJE Mail slot ie loading/unloading thingy, so you don't need to open it

https://youtu.be/sYgnCWOVysY?t=92 TS4500 itself

https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/JZALEYPD TS4500 data sheet for even more impressive numbers:

- Number of drives ... Up to 128 per library

- Capacity* with 3592 advanced cartridges ... Up to 877.5 PB native

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9boQn3nHnCA "27PB in the rack"