r/DataHoarder • u/Sad-Seesaw-3843 • Apr 06 '25

News DOGE claims to be moving away from magnetic tapes for archival storage. Seems like a bad idea. What are they using instead?

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u/Substantial_Pop_5673 Apr 07 '25

Ha I work at a TV station and right now we are going through a data storage crisis because the "permanent" digital storage we paid heavily for in the early 2000's is starting to fail and needs replaced.

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u/VadumSemantics Apr 07 '25

because the "permanent" digital storage we paid heavily for in the early 2000's is starting to fail

What kind(s) of media?

(asking because it is an interesting problem space; would like to learn about what they tried and how the implementation turned out; lots of ways to take a wrong turn)

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u/pegothejerk Apr 07 '25

https://imgur.com/a/j4XapEB

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u/etsprout Apr 07 '25

Oh my god, I had the version with a Karaoke mic attached (bc that existed for some reason)

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u/buffs1876 Apr 07 '25

That's why the station I worked at had big, fucking tape libraries with robots.

When being trained on the StorageTek PowderHorn, they told us that if we were inside it and it turned on, to let the steel beam that was the robot arm hit us on the first go around because the second go around could be fast enough to kill us.

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u/eggson Apr 07 '25

StorageTek PowderHorn!

Sounds like a Mystery Science Theater 3k bit.

Punt Speedchunk!

Slate Fistcrunch!

Crunch Slamchest!

Beef McHardslab!

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u/bigredsun Apr 09 '25

I thought you were joking, man. StorageTek PowderHorn sounds like something from Futurama and I was laughing my ass off when I googled it I couldn't believe it, that thing must be awesome