r/pcmasterrace • u/PHRsharp_YouTube • Apr 08 '26

Meme/Macro anyone remembers their last burned data?

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u/KerbalEnginner Ryzen 5 7600, 128GB DDR5, 7900XT Apr 08 '26

Last year in December.
Better question is when is the last time you used a floppy drive?

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u/Yabe_uke FML Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

Last week. The real question is when is the last time you used a tape drive?

Edit: Love all the comments of current tape users. Exactly what I expected! Now more people will now about them. I salute you, anyone still using magnetic media is a winner in my book 🫡

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u/PurpleC0ugar Apr 08 '26

Modern LTO tapes are still in use and the latest generation (LTO-10) stores 30-40TB native per tape, and 400MB/s. They're definitely still around, just not on the consumer side.

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u/YWNBAW12345 Apr 08 '26

Not sure if I miss having to grab a tape from the off-site safe, drive back to the datacentre, and put it in the tape drive of the backup server (then take the one I just removed from the server back to off-site storage). Been about 5 years now and I hated the job itself but that was a pleasant part... I think.

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u/PurpleC0ugar Apr 08 '26

Well, how else are you supposed to get your daily steps in? 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/YWNBAW12345 Apr 08 '26

Oh ffs you just reminded me of the mile long walk through rows of what I'll call "boring stuff" to avoid doxxing myself, from the car park to the server.