Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
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Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 3, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 101 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #3 of 30, reached on Nov 4, 15:52 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 4, 15:52 UTC.
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Anyone that's never had the (dis)pleasure of working with tapes, there's some gotchas to know about before archiving and forgetting about it. When you create an archive, do not skip the step of reading it back. I'm not talking about just having the system confirm it is readable. I mean actually restoring the data…
If you want to take advantage of tape's low cost per TB for your own data backups, without the big capex of tape hardware, I heartily recommend rustic's cold storage support for Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive. It ends up being $1/TB/month, as long as you plan to not restore from it. (Use it as a secondary backup, and…
I came across this website that provides LTO tape pricing references (I have no affiliation with the site). LTO-10 30TB: $259–$300 per cartridge (~$8.63–$10/TB) LTO-10 40TB: $491–$555 per cartridge (~$12.28–$13.88/TB) LTO-9 18TB: $92–$129 per cartridge (~$5.14–$7.17/TB)…
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Is Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 4, 15:52 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand reached?
#3 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 4, 15:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 3, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (101 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
509 points and 216 comments; submitted by bookofjoe on Nov 2, 2026.