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Tape

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What is Tape?

Magnetic tape is a thin, magnetizable medium used for recording and storing data. It is typically wound onto reels or cassettes. While largely superseded by newer technologies like hard drives and solid-state drives for primary data storage, magnetic tape remains widely used for archiving and backups due to its high storage capacity, low cost per gigabyte, and long archival life. Tape drives are used to read and write data to the tape.

What other technologies are related to Tape?

Tape Competitor Technologies

DASD (Direct Access Storage Device) is a direct access storage, usually a hard drive, and competes with tape for data storage, especially for frequently accessed data.
mentioned alongside Tape in 22% (139) of relevant job posts
NAS (Network Attached Storage) provides file-level data storage and competes with tape for backup and archiving purposes.
mentioned alongside Tape in 0% (56) of relevant job posts
SAN (Storage Area Network) provides block-level data storage and competes with tape, especially for applications requiring high performance and availability.
mentioned alongside Tape in 0% (52) of relevant job posts
AWS (Amazon Web Services) offers cloud-based storage solutions like S3 and Glacier that compete with tape for backup, archiving, and long-term data retention.
mentioned alongside Tape in 0% (53) of relevant job posts

Tape Complementary Technologies

DFSMS (Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem) is an IBM z/OS software product that automates and simplifies storage management tasks, often used with tape libraries for hierarchical storage management.
mentioned alongside Tape in 8% (69) of relevant job posts
z/OS is an operating system that often utilizes tape drives for backup, archiving, and disaster recovery, making it complementary to tape technology.
mentioned alongside Tape in 0% (56) of relevant job posts

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