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For 20 TB LTO seems too expensive. 20 TB of SSD costs about $1000. Or you could get a 20 TB hard drive for $300.
by dist-epoch 3y ago
For 20 TB LTO seems too expensive.
20 TB of SSD costs about $1000.
Or you could get a 20 TB hard drive for $300.
- grepfru_it 3y agoDrive failure and managing those drives are hidden costs you are not considering. I have had multiple hard drives fail and been left stranded. Tape fails but not nearly as often as disks LTO6 and LTO7 are not expensive for 20TB