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Tape drives are a viable option. 6TB LTO-7M8 cartidge can be has for $50. The drive is expensive, at $4k, but it’s still the perfect solution for long-term arc
by sgjohnson 3y ago
Tape drives are a viable option. 6TB LTO-7M8 cartidge can be has for $50.
The drive is expensive, at $4k, but it’s still the perfect solution for long-term archival, because the cartridges weigh and cost damn near nothing.
Yes, there’s large upfront cost, but after that the cost per MB will slowly approach the rock bottom price of how much the cartridge costs.
- tombert 3y agoLTO-6 drives can be had for a lot cheaper used. I have two external ones now. The tapes of course aren't as big but they're big enough to still be pretty useful at 2.5TB. My LTO-6 drives cost about $250 each. They annoyingly use SAS instead of something like USB or Thunderbolt, but I already had a rack mount server to install a SAS card in.