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2 HN users recommended this between 2014 and 2018, in 2 comments.
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2 HN users recommended this between 2014 and 2018, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
I don't know whether it is more reasonable to assume a conspiracy directed at keeping enterprise-scale storage technology out of consumer hands, or simply that a supply chain optimized for enterprise scale has a hard time fulfilling the relatively small and sporadic orders which are characteristic of the limited consumer-level interest in enterprise-scale storage technology -- the same limited interest which militates against trying to "consumerize" high-capacity backup technology in general.
I mean, it's not as though you can't buy that sort of equipment and media in the relatively low quantities you'll need for individual use; you can easily, if not cheaply, purchase a SATA LTO-5 drive [0] and tape cartridges for it [1] right now, online. Sure, you'll pay a premium price per item, which a large organization placing an order of commensurate size wouldn't pay -- but that's hardly unique to this class of products, and strikes me as awfully scanty basis on which to construct a conspiracy theory.
[0] http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-LTO-5-Height-Tabletop-Bundle/d...
[1] http://www.amazon.com/LTO5-Ultrium-1-5TB-3TB-Case/dp/B003KR4...
This HP tape drive costs $2347 and can store "up to" 3T per tape.
https://www.amazon.com/HP-LTO-5-Ultrium-External-EH958B/dp/B...
The tapes are $31 and only store 1.5 T.
https://www.amazon.com/LTO5-Ultrium-1-5TB-3TB-Case/dp/B003KR...
I can buy a 1.5T hard drive for $47.
https://www.amazon.com/Generic-1-5TB-Internal-Desktop-Drive/...
I'm not seeing the cost-effectiveness of tape.