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US Government says it will save $1m/year by getting rid of magnetic tape – so is there still a place for tape in 2025?

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  • US GSA has decommissioned 14,000 tapes and an unknown amount of tape drives
  • The data was moved to a new, unknown media platform that appears to have WORM capabilities
  • US GSA claims to save $1M per year (or about $70 per year per tape).
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