Category: Data Tape Media

Data centers are the backbone of the modern digital world—but what happens when that backbone starts to crack under pressure? From skyrocketing energy consumption to the silent decay of storage media, the risks are mounting faster than most businesses want to admit. In this blog, we’ll…

Is Tape Really Obsolete—Or Are We Just Being Sold a Story? For the past 20 years, storage vendors, cloud providers, and even some IT executives have repeated the same line: “Tape is dead.” But if that’s true, why do some of the largest, most…

Why This Debate Matters Now For the past decade, cloud storage has been marketed as the ultimate solution for big data management — flexible, scalable, and “greener” than physical infrastructure. But is that narrative really true, or just a multi-billion-dollar sales pitch from hyperscale cloud providers like AWS,…

Why the Tape Shortage Conversation Matters Now For decades, enterprises have relied on magnetic tape—especially LTO and IBM 3592 cartridges—as the last line of defense in data protection. But in 2025, that safety net is under threat. Tariffs, supply chain disruptions, and skyrocketing demand for storage are creating…

Data centers are the backbone of the digital world—but what happens when they run out of power? With AI workloads exploding, cloud adoption accelerating, and hyperscale facilities popping up across the globe, power supply has become one of the most pressing issues in technology. Are we facing a…

Which Organizations Still Use Data Tape for Backup—And Why IT Leaders Should Care For years, the tech world has tried to bury tape. “Tape is obsolete,” they say. “The cloud is the future.” Yet here we are in 2025—and some of the world’s largest corporations, financial institutions, government…

The Dirty Secret in the LTO Buyback Industry LTO and 3592 tapes are the backbone of corporate backup strategies. They store massive volumes of critical data, often for years, before being retired. But when those tapes reach end-of-life for your organization, what happens next? If you’re…

The Tape Renaissance You Didn’t See Coming For years, IT thought leaders buried tape in the “legacy” graveyard, assuming cloud and flash would fully replace it. Yet here we are in 2025: tape storage is not just alive—it’s thriving. In 2024, enterprise-class Linear Tape-Open…

Why Are 3592 Enterprise Tapes Suddenly a Hot Debate?  (Will LTO Win the War?) IBM 3592 enterprise-class data tapes have long been the go-to format for organizations where downtime is unacceptable, and compliance is non-negotiable. With up to 20 TB native capacity, long media…

In May 2025, the tape storage world welcomed LTO-10, the latest generation in Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology. For Network Administrators managing large-scale data backup and archiving, this arrival signals a new era of storage capacity, speed, and security—but it also shakes up the tape buyback market.

Magnetic tape storage might sound like a technology from the past, but it’s very much alive—and thriving—in modern enterprise data centers worldwide. From large cloud providers to government agencies, tape remains a reliable, cost-effective solution for long-term archival and backup storage. But how exactly is data stored on…

Recycling enterprise-grade storage tapes like LTO or IBM 3592 may seem like a simple, eco-conscious decision. But if you’re not conducting a proper data risk assessment before disposal, you could be walking straight into a compliance and security nightmare. At WeBuyUsedITequipment.net, we’ve spent decades in the…