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Solid-state storage is another one but it is still far too expensive for anything above double-digits TB backups.

Yes, that very technology optical drives were supposed to eliminate.

Someone�s finger holding down a DVD disk in an external DVD player

The current generation, LTO-9, delivers 18TB per tape with LTO-10 expected to offer between 24TB and 36TB.

Well, IBM andFujifilmalreadydemoed such a tape back in … 2020, thats over four years ago.

What I think could cement LTOs status as the go-to media for data hoarders is an affordable LTO drive.

No, I dont think so.