So…I was wondering. Is there any backup tape system that would be advisable to use for backing up some TBs? I guess I need it to be USB, as the server is a micro PC, one of those tiny ones you can hang from behind a monitor. It’s an HP ProDesk.

Thanks!

  • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Where I live I have an interesting second hand market. I might be able to find something older like LTO5 at reasonable prices. I’m not sure however about the SAS to USB adapter…

    • Septimaeus@infosec.pubEnglish
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      39 minutes ago

      I use LTO4 tapes.

      • Bare LC drive eBay $~60. Pulled from a library so I had to switch the operation mode. Missing the bay door and kinda dinged up but worked.
      • Celerity FC81en HBA card was $~30.
      • 1.6TB tapes sold in packs of 5 around $11/tape. Probably can do better than that at higher volume.

      Overall take: slow noisy writes but viable for cheap stable long-term storage.

      Note: for each of the components above I set price alerts and waited. If in a hurry, maybe skip tape storage lol