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Those tapes are actually 18 TB so you need more to break even. Also 24 TB drives have been on sale for ~$250 occasionally.
by wmf 1y ago
Those tapes are actually 18 TB so you need more to break even. Also 24 TB drives have been on sale for ~$250 occasionally.
- bestouff 1y agoTrue that, but also those 28TB disks are actually 25TB. So the break even point moves back.
- jasode 1y agoIf you're trying to compare equivalent units-of-measure of terabyte (10^12) vs tebibyte (2^40), it's: 28TB (HDD) vs 18TB (LTO-9) ... or ... 25TiB (HDD) vs 16.37TiB (LTO-9) The 25Tib shouldn't be compared with gp's clarification of 18TB raw uncompressed capacity. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ts4500-tape-library?topic=cartridges-capacity-supported-lto-tape https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ts4500-tape-library?topic=cartri...