That solution is an order of magnitude more expensive, so isn't really a viable alternative. For say 200TB of backup over 5 years: Rsync.net: $0.015/GB/month

That solution is an order of magnitude more expensive, so isn't really a viable alternative. For say 200TB of backup over 5 years: Rsync.net: $0.015/GB/month [0] * 200000GB * 60 months = $180000 LTO-8: $3600 for a drive [1], $5000 for 20x12TB tapes [2] = $8600. Rsync.net is 21x the price of tape. The breakeven point is surprisingly low as well. A single tape costs $140 [3], so the minimal entry cost for tape is $3740 for 12TB. For $3740 you only get 249TBmonths at Rsync.net, which is equivalent to 4.2TB for 5 years. So if you're storing more than 4.2TB of data, it's cheaper to buy an entire tape drive than to use Rsync.net. Rsync.net seems like a great service but that pricing is really crippling. Even the "discounted" Attic pricing just barely beats a single tape, at 12.5TB for $3740. And before the "but this is an online service" argument comes up, Hetzner offers a 40TB dedcicated server for 64€/month, or 0.0016€/GBmonth. That's cheaper and comes with an entire dedicated server thrown in. [0]: https://www.rsync.net/pricing.html https://www.rsync.net/pricing.html [1]: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1454545-REG/mlogic_mlsas_d8_desktop_sas_lto_8.html https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1454545-REG/mlogic_ml... [2]: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1482276-REG/hp_q2078an_lto_8_30tb_ultrium_non_custom.html https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1482276-REG/hp_q2078a... [3]: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1389774-REG/hp_q2078a_hpe_lto_8_ultrium_30.html https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1389774-REG/hp_q2078a... [4]: https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html [5]: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-sx?country=us https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-sx?count...