The market for consumer-grade tape backups has dwindled to a fraction of its former popularity in the last decade. What are the primary drawbacks of tape backup?
What will be an ideal response?
Primary drawbacks of tape backups include the cost of specialized equipment as well as the media and time required to store and retrieve information. Individual storage tapes can cost hundreds of dollars. With incremental and differential backup times ranging from 1 to 2 minutes per gigabyte, a large data repository can take hours to back up and recover.
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