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dale_glass on May 25, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tape Storage Trundles On, Increases Yearly Volume ...

I mean sure, but I don't think the number is that small. There's a lot of datacenters out there.

And the guts of one don't look that much more complicated than a VCR. Does the head cost $3000 or something?

anamexis on May 25, 2023 [–]

Even given lots of datacenters, I would bet VCRs sold 3+ orders of magnitude more units. That’s a lot of room for economy of scale.

hinkley on May 25, 2023 | [–]

Scale also brings competition.

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