/g/ - >LTO6 setup now cheaper than a single 8TB HDD what - Technology

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07/31/26(Fri)10:29:10 No.109418892

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>LTO6 setup now cheaper than a single 8TB HDD
whats the catch?

Anonymous
07/31/26(Fri)10:31:49 No.109418907

Anonymous 07/31/26(Fri)10:31:49 No.109418907

>>109418892
We do what we did when we had C64s and made dinner, while waiting for the tape to finish loading a game

Anonymous
07/31/26(Fri)10:33:08 No.109418911

Anonymous 07/31/26(Fri)10:33:08 No.109418911

>>109418892
>whats the catch?
Random access.

Anonymous
07/31/26(Fri)10:44:45 No.109418986

Anonymous 07/31/26(Fri)10:44:45 No.109418986

>>109418892
What do you mean "now"?
It's been cheaper since always.
I'm pretty sure the first remotely affordable 1TB medium was LTO in fact.
It's just not fast whatsoever.

Anonymous
07/31/26(Fri)10:47:27 No.109419007

Anonymous 07/31/26(Fri)10:47:27 No.109419007

>>109418892
the tape drive machines cost is in the thousands

Anonymous
07/31/26(Fri)10:57:09 No.109419080

Anonymous 07/31/26(Fri)10:57:09 No.109419080

>>109418892
Slow. It's best for archival purposes. Also the drives themselves are expensive.

>>109419007
Used ones are less than $1000, but yeah.

Anonymous
07/31/26(Fri)10:58:26 No.109419095

Anonymous 07/31/26(Fri)10:58:26 No.109419095

>>109419007
not sure if you checked hdd prices recently but so are they

Anonymous
07/31/26(Fri)10:59:29 No.109419102

Anonymous 07/31/26(Fri)10:59:29 No.109419102

>>109418892
the catch is that tape is for people who write a lot of data that they'll never read