coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 days agoMagnetic 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 favoritewww.itpro.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down10
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minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 hours agoYeah I just looked at prices for LTO drives and it made me wish optical was still a thing. $3500 for an LTO8 drive alone is more than the value of my entire homelab.
minus-squareTehPers@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoThat’s $3500 for drives with style. I’ll stick to my refurbished 12TB HDDs though.
Yeah I just looked at prices for LTO drives and it made me wish optical was still a thing. $3500 for an LTO8 drive alone is more than the value of my entire homelab.
That’s $3500 for drives with style.
I’ll stick to my refurbished 12TB HDDs though.