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I’m wondering how many of these can be crammed into a 1U box. Might be an alternative for cold on-site storage. Managing tapes gets old and annoying quick.
by wcchandler 7y ago
I’m wondering how many of these can be crammed into a 1U box. Might be an alternative for cold on-site storage. Managing tapes gets old and annoying quick.
- pigeonlaser 7y agoUsing SD cards is a terrible idea for cold storage since flash storage degrades over time. I recall reading somewhere that SD cards average 101 weeks.
- netsec_burn 7y agoOf continuous writes
- sp332 7y agoAt these physical sizes, you could build a robotic MicroSD card library in 1U. Like a tiny version of a robotic tape library. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwMn7YpF8r8&t=192 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwMn7YpF8r8&t=192
- monocasa 7y agoOr just hook them all up, and rely on the chip select line (and maybe selectively power them off too for thermal reasons). No moving parts necessary.
- jlarocco 7y agoAn entire room of tapes and a robot for a max capacity of 15.4 Tb, according to this: https://www.cbronline.com/news/ibm_tape_library_dataserver https://www.cbronline.com/news/ibm_tape_library_dataserver Upgrading to modern 20 Tb tapes would put it at 378 Pb.