The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/eodevx on 2025-05-02 15:10:44.
For a while now I have been thinking about getting a LTO Tape drive and a few card ridges, since I need them only for archiving and long term storage, not quick access.
I thought about S3 Glacier deep Archive but in the long term that also seems pretty expensive at 1$/TB and like 5$/TB for bulk retrieval.
I know that tape drives are pretty expensive but the card ridges are dirt cheap compared to hdds and last longer. I have looked into different gens and found that the old ones aren’t really worth it since they are often like 20 bucks for 1.5 TB and like 5 compressed but since I Store Media I can’t use the compression that much.
What are your thoughts about this since LTO9 card ridges are only like 70-80 bucks for around 18TB of uncompressed storage. Happy to hear what you guys have to say :)