It’s all we had in the early 90s for archiving :)
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pineapple@lemmy.ml 3 weeks agoHow have I never heard of tape drives for backup before? They seam like the ultimate medium for archival storage. Super cheap although very slow, sounds like a good compromise to me.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My folks had a tape backup system in the late 1990s. It used 250MB tapes.
They’ve been around for decades.
Evotech@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s only used in enterprise settings
UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
because the cartridges are comparatively cheap, yes. but the drives are expensive–minimum $5k (average $8k) for a drive in my country.
pineapple@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Ook, maybe if I ever need to store a petabyte or two for whatever reason.