Improved tape capacity (IMAGE)

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Improved tape capacity

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Improved capacity: Ognian Novakov holds one of the original storage tapes from the beginning of the data center in 1999 (left) and the latest rendition in use today (right). It would take 900 of the original tapes to hold the data stored on the newer variety.

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David Rahner/Brookhaven National Laboratory

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