Comment on Magnetic tape is going strong in the age of AI, and it's about to get even better – new design materials and capacity boosts mean it's still an enterprise favorite

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This got me thinking that maybe I should grab an LTO drive to use for homelab backups.

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  • fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    what is the ballpark price to get started on this kind of setup?

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    • iloveDigit@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Less than a thousand when I considered it in the past couple years, but not worth it for me due to overrated data durability. Found we need home vinyl record etching machines if we want something as good at shelf stability as these tapes are sometimes proclaimed to be.

      Not bad for pure storage density though

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