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I'm seeing LTO-5 drives on Ebay for far less than $1000 (more like $150 to $300). Am I missing something obvious?
by d110af5ccf 5y ago
I'm seeing LTO-5 drives on Ebay for far less than $1000 (more like $150 to $300). Am I missing something obvious?
- adrian_b 5y agoThose are very old. The current standard is LTO-8, with 12 real TB of data per cartridge and it has the lowest cost per TB stored. However, the LTO-8 drives are very expensive, e.g. between $2000 and $4000.
- Edman274 5y agoOr, as anyone who's spent the last year patiently waiting in line at a Microcenter has observed, the price of a gaming enthusiast's graphics card.
- klodolph 5y agoUsed drives. I would be worried about how clean the heads are and whether they are worn down and need to be replaced.