> LTO-9 should be hitting the market very soon and supports up to 45TB per tape (compressed capacity, 18TB raw).

LTO is cool and all but is the "compressed capacity" number really something to repeat with a straight face? The tape holds 18TB, we don't need to pretend it's anything else.

> But certainly tape has continued to progress much faster than most people would have imagined.

Mostly it has. But I'm somewhat worried about the future after the sudden late-game announcement that LTO-9 would have a 50% capacity improvement instead of the usual doubling.