This article is part 2 in a series looking at the role of tape in the zettabyte era.

In my opinion, and with over twenty years’ experience in the data protection industry, today’s storage market resembles the aviation industry. If all we needed to do was fly from A to B as quickly as possible, only one type of aircraft would ever be required. In reality, there are so many different use cases and applications for air transport that we have developed flying machines of all...