From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: peter@rulingia.com (Peter Jeremy) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 18:06:12 +1100 Subject: [TUHS] [OT] VAXen, my children, just don't belong some places In-Reply-To: References: <20161020011841.GC31179@eureka.lemis.com> <1476941060.1129501.761635617.09F711C6@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-ID: <20161020070612.GH62187@server.rulingia.com> On 2016-Oct-20 16:46:39 +1100, Dave Horsfall 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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 949 bytes Desc: not available URL: