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A comment on The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive (2019). Parent comment

Re:The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive... by wizzwizz4 on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @03:02PM (#29334450)
Most people do not have a $1000 LTO tape drive.
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Re:The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive... by smackeyacky on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @07:55PM (#29337086)
You can pick up a second hand HPE deskside server with a tape drive included for $200-$300. Might only be LTO2 but that's still 400Gb of rock solid storage for no money.
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Re:The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive... by FullyFunctional on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @10:29PM (#29337956)
If you cannot fit the backup on a single tape then you increased the headache and number of ways this can fail. I cannot phantom how you can see this as superior to hard-drive (which will probably end up cheaper too).
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