“Tape is Dead” may be a common statement, but it just does not hold true to the reality. Most tape and tape library companies are reporting strong sales growth over the past couple years. In most environments this should no longer be a tape vs. disk conversation, both technologies should continue to be leveraged together. Tape should be looked at as the third tier of recovery, when a much older point in time of data is needed or when something goes wrong with the previous two recovery steps.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/database-security/forget-tape-vs-disk-use-them-together