What would be the effect on co

To achieve the same areal density as a magnetic disk, the areal density of a tape would need to improve by two orders of magnitude. This would cause tape storage to be much cheaper than disk storage. The storage capacity of a tape would increase to more than 1 terabyte, which could enable a single tape to replace a jukebox of tapes in today's technology, further reducing the cost. The areal density has no direct bearing on the data transfer rate, but the higher capacity per tape might reduce the overhead of tape switching.