only if the cost-per-bit of storage made up the bulk of the variable costs of backup. My point is that I don't think that holds. That cost is likely not trivi

only if the cost-per-bit of storage made up the bulk of the variable costs of backup. My point is that I don't think that holds. That cost is likely not trivial, but I think the other variable costs make up a large percentage of total costs of a backup (again - because data by itself on a drive in storage somewhere is useless - it's the ability to access and use that data that organizations are paying for)