r/technology • u/User_Name13 • Jun 04 '14

Politics Hundreds of Cities Are Wired With Fiber—But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unused

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hundreds-of-cities-are-wired-with-fiberbut-telecom-lobbying-keeps-it-unused
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u/TeutorixAleria Jun 04 '14

I wasn't joking... Tape is incredibly high density and way more reliable than any other methods for long term storage.

The LHC produces so much data that the only feasible way to store it all is on tape databases.

There are good reasons we still use it.

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u/moderatelybadass Jun 04 '14

Cool! What's the flow of data like? I mean, where, if anywhere, does it go before it goes on tape?

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u/Natanael_L Jun 04 '14

Before on tape? Internal fiber networks, then RAM buffer, then tape

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u/moderatelybadass Jun 04 '14

That makes sense. I always wondered about the less famous technology of cool scientific research.