Re: tape drives

From	Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: tape drives
Date	2020-08-12 23:50 +0200
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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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tape drives mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-08-12 12:50 +0200
  Re: tape drives Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-08-12 13:00 +0200
    Re: tape drives mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-08-12 14:20 +0200
  Re: tape drives The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-08-12 13:00 +0200
    Re: tape drives Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-08-12 13:10 +0200
  Re: tape drives Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-08-12 23:50 +0200

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