• Todd Bonzalez
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    206 hours ago

    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.

    • @grue
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      22 hours ago

      It’ll cost you less than $300

      Except for the multi-thousand-dollar drive.

      • @UnsavoryMollusk
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        22 hours ago

        Lto6 drives are more in the sub 500 realm now. Still pricey but far more affordable. Of course more modern lto… Yeah

    • @CommissarVulpin
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      85 hours ago

      “Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway”

      • @9point6
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        11 hour ago

        High latency though and particularly catastrophic if you get packet loss