On 04/02/12 01:57:14, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> >>> That I have backups of stuff for a couple weeks is worth the
> >>> massively slow tapes (and tape drive $$), IMHO.
>
> Tape slow? Depends on your budget I guess and needs I guess. DLT is
> dirt cheap nowadays (cost of shipping only in many cases, compared
> to LTO).
>
> I still use tape (DDS-4) for a couple of SGI Octanes, bang for bucks
> it's pretty fast backup and restore (I also have other uses for the
> tapes).
No one seems to have suggested DVDs or BlueRay as storage medium. Is
there a reason these do not seem to be used much?