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It's not a fair comparison to put up hard drives (integrated mechanics) against tape drives (seprated mechanics). They do not solve the same problem and have di
by Karunamon 6y ago
It's not a fair comparison to put up hard drives (integrated mechanics) against tape drives (seprated mechanics). They do not solve the same problem and have different longevity profiles. If I'm spending $500 on tape storage, it's because I want something that will last a long time, something that portable hard drives tend to have issues with.
LTO5 onward supports LTFS, which exposes the tape to the OS as if it were any other removable storage, with the one proviso that deleting files doesn't reclaim space unless the entire tape is wiped.
- seg_lol 6y agoLTFS is ok, a multilevel tar file with a file list followed by an FEC encoded block store would be easier and more portable. It has been 8+ years since I played with LTFS, so maybe it has improved.
- Karunamon 6y agoLTFS as of today is supported in FUSE, which realistically means it works on every OS that matters.