Tapes cost a lot to get going. Most tapedrives cost about 1k$ and those are the cheap ones. And you still need a tape library, maybe with a swap robot if you w

Tapes cost a lot to get going. Most tapedrives cost about 1k$ and those are the cheap ones. And you still need a tape library, maybe with a swap robot if you want to get serious about it (or swap tapes via meat robot works too) There is some upramp where HDDs might be cheaper.