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minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·8 hours ago127TB of data. That’s almost exactly 20 LTO-6 tapes. Good for 30 years when you’ll need to transfer them to something better. It’ll cost you less than $300 and it’ll all fit into a shoebox. Become an archivist. The future depends on it.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 hours ago It’ll cost you less than $300 Except for the multi-thousand-dollar drive.
minus-squareUnsavoryMollusk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoLto6 drives are more in the sub 500 realm now. Still pricey but far more affordable. Of course more modern lto… Yeah
minus-squareCommissarVulpin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 hours ago“Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway”
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoHigh latency though and particularly catastrophic if you get packet loss
127TB of data. That’s almost exactly 20 LTO-6 tapes. Good for 30 years when you’ll need to transfer them to something better.
It’ll cost you less than $300 and it’ll all fit into a shoebox.
Become an archivist. The future depends on it.
Except for the multi-thousand-dollar drive.
Lto6 drives are more in the sub 500 realm now. Still pricey but far more affordable. Of course more modern lto… Yeah
“Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway”
High latency though and particularly catastrophic if you get packet loss