• Natanael@slrpnk.net
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    4 months ago

    Tapes themselves are cheaper, but the drive (and potentially operating cost?) can definitely be higher for the industrial stuff

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      4 months ago

      Presumably when we’re talking off-site backups we’re talking about a separate company sitting somewhere in an abandoned nuclear bunker which can justify the price of a tape drive or twenty.