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I just checked on newegg and LTO-4 drives are still over $1,000! I remember about 20 years ago, it was quite reasonable to use tapes as backup even as a consum
by sireat 13y ago
I just checked on newegg and LTO-4 drives are still over $1,000!
I remember about 20 years ago, it was quite reasonable to use tapes as backup even as a consumer.
If one generation behind would cost less than $500 I would think it would actually capture some of the consumer market.
Otherwise consumers have cloud and BD as backup and that's it.
- jlawer 13y agoThe drives are expensive still, largely because the consumer level products no longer exist. Unfortunately a USB hard disk is the closest thing to backup that most consumers will touch. and for these that are serious other technologies tend to take the place.