[Mike Long]

There seems to be a number of opinions in this thread and plenty of room for argument. I recall the articles back in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s where disk manufactures claimed “Tape is Dead”. They were clearly wrong. Tape is not dead. So why would a cloud provider promote using tape? While LTFS allows tape to act like a random access device, it is not a replacement for them. LTFS technology is not intended as a backup solution, but rather an archive solution that is easy to use. The whole point of archiving data is that it is not used often, low cost storage and secure. The cost factor is significantly lower than disk or flash. Businesses use technology to save money not just because it’s “cool” or it’s the latest and greatest.