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> Isn't optical media a lot less stable than Tape? This seems like a bad idea if you're running an archival service. Unless you have some giant warehouse of mu
by cat199 9y ago
> Isn't optical media a lot less stable than Tape? This seems like a bad idea if you're running an archival service.
Unless you have some giant warehouse of multiple-copying disk-verifying and re-duplicating robots running around.. which in the case of amazon might actually be the case, and at scale, could save lots on media..
to be clear, I have no personal insight as to how their service works
- cptskippy 9y agoThat seems like a lot more trouble than it's worth. From a cost perspective it makes no sense at all. An LTO-6 tape is $25 retail and holds 2.5TB of data, LTO-7 tapes are $90 for 6TB. A 4 Layer BD-R disk is about $15 retail and holds around 100GB of data.