tape backup is somewhat popular because you can get a lot of data on a tape. a tape can hold several terabytes worth of data. you can get this for $50 at amazon and it s going to hold three terabytes of data. that s like all eight harry potter movies 25 times. that s how much data is going to fit. if the irs is having a problem with money and they are reusing tapes, i get it, you d probably have a strategy. you d run a whole set of tapes. a weekly, a monthly, a yearly and keep those for awhile and then but you d still have a tape backup. that s what i don t understand. right. to say that the tape backups