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kwdc on June 14, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The future of data storage is still magnetic tape ...

I feel like there's a place for home users to rent a tape drive, write everything to tape and return the drive.

Uber for tape-based storage. You don't need to own the drive. Just the tapes. Maybe not even the tapes. Dropbox using tape storage? Maybe. Personally I'd like to own the actual medium.

Ycombinator! Make it happen.

dabiged on June 14, 2021 [–]

Just use a cloud provider. If you are worried about privacy encrypt it.

For example, AWS Glacier deep archive would be years of storage for the cost of shipping a tape drive. If you have bandwidth issues use snowcones.

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