I setup a tape drive for my lab backup and in paper it was straightforward- we got a tape drive from Newegg for a few thousand bucks, put it in a machine, reali

I setup a tape drive for my lab backup and in paper it was straightforward- we got a tape drive from Newegg for a few thousand bucks, put it in a machine, realized we needed some pci card, got it, realized we needed some cable, got it, realized we needed some custom drivers for some reason, got it, and then finally it was working. Started getting some tapes and backing up. Overall would not recommend unless you have hundreds of terabytes that you wanna backup yourself