Comment Re:Depends (Score 1) 256
The problem with tape is the cost of the drives. Most people don't have more than a terabyte or two of data, so even if they bought two external USB hard drives and rotated them it would be much cheaper and pretty much just as reliable. Tape is good when you need to keep backups for a long time, not so good for most home and many business users who just want to protect the data they have now.