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		bombcar on June 14, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The future of data storage is still magnetic tape ... If you drop back to used LTO4 you can get an entire setup for less than $500.

klodolph on June 14, 2021 [–]

Which is great, until the heads wear out. I would hesitate to buy a used drive unless the heads have been replaced, especially since LTO-4 is about 14 years old at this point.

bombcar on June 14, 2021 | [–]

Good point - and to be really secure you should have two drives - write on one and read back and verify on the other.

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