Re: tape drives

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Subject: Re: tape drives
From: Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 21:46:11 +0000
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Hello,

On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 11:44:54AM +0100, mick crane wrote:
> Do people use tape drives for backup ?

Only in places that need vast amounts of data stored for a very long
time with restores being rare. Restoration is slow with tapes. Even
a low end LTO drive will set you back thousands of £/$/€.

Most consumers and even most businesses will find it more cost
effective and flexible to backup to HDDs and storage clouds.

Cheers,
Andy

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