Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better

Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by amelius on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @01:18PM (#31838930)

All I want is a cheap tape drive for backups. Seek can be slow, as long as throughput is high.

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Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by sekh60 on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @02:22PM (#31839840)

I too would like a tape drive. It's frustrating that tape is so cheap, yet the drives cost so much for home use.

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Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by bombcar on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @03:48PM (#31840960)

If you go used on LTO you can get a drive a few generations back for not insane prices, but it's still not entirely competitive with additional spinning rust.

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Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by Saris on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:06AM (#31849304)

Yeah, it seems once you go back far enough where the drives are reasonable, the capacity is just too low to be cost-effective vs buying a HDD or two.

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Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @09:42PM (#31844201)

i miss the days when optical drives were practical for backups

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Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by dannyw on Thursday June 23, 2022 @12:49AM (#31845249)

Same. There's something fun about optical disks.

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