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Define "affordable". Lots of LTO-6 drives available for less than US$ 1000: * https://www.ebay.com/b/LTO-6-Tape-Data-Cartridge-Drives/39976/bn_7115824809 https

Define "affordable". Lots of LTO-6 drives available for less than US$ 1000: * https://www.ebay.com/b/LTO-6-Tape-Data-Cartridge-Drives/39976/bn_7115824809 https://www.ebay.com/b/LTO-6-Tape-Data-Cartridge-Drives/3997... Here's an eight-slot SAS library: * https://www.ebay.com/itm/385724855188 https://www.ebay.com/itm/385724855188

Dylan16807 3y ago
If you intend for your tapes to fit in the library, 20TB for $1000+$200 does not qualify as affordable. It's reasonably possible to hit a target of 2x hard drive cost with loose tapes but you need a lot of data. And trying to match the price of hard drives with $10/TB tapes will require piles of data and piles of tapes.