In summary
There is no Editor's Choice in this comparison--each of the products tested were excellent for what they are designed to do. At the end of the day, tape still remains the least expensive in terms of cost per GB, however disk is breathing down its neck.
We recommend you use tape-based products for backing up data, rather than archiving. Tapes aren't something you should be constantly accessing. An optical solution would be the more logical choice here especially if you weren't too concerned about data transfer rates. Disks on the other hand should be employed when speed is of paramount importance.
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