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It is generally believed that these cold storage data centers will use HDDs for primary storage rather than magnetic tape.

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This could take several forms but generally involves storing copies of content through the cloud, usually in data centers that are away from the primary storage site.

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In other words, instead of using memory as a temporary storage space for data retrieved from disk, memory can play a more primary role.

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