The bulk of digital content in data centers will remain on magnetic storage media either hard disk drives or magnetic tape.

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The company has controlled its costs by using three tiers of storage with hard disk drives and magnetic tape.

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Much of these increases in storage capacity will involve the introduction of technologies pioneered in the development of magnetic disk drives.

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