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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/lyuyhn on 2025-06-08 10:06:45.

A few years back, 2023 or so, I took 321 so seriously that I bought a LTO-8 drive and tapes (+ a HBA to use it on my server). Although it was quite expensive, I felt good having a proper "2": different medium, different storage technology. I also learned a lot, implemented new scripts and automations to handle tapes properly, as their usage is significantly different from other mediums.

Until now, I have been somewhat serious with it: I do regular (3-months-ish) backups on tapes, rotate them, storing them in a bank safe, etc.

However, having a medium/not-that-big storage needs (~20To and growing, but not very fast), I wonder if it's actually worth it. Tape backups are more intended for very large data collections, like >100To, and I also read here and there that tapes can also be tedious to handle, sometimes "nightmarish": the fragile tape band being scrambled, drive failure, etc...

So with a rather small/medium data collection, should I continue doing this? Or should I resell it, while it still has a good market value, and buy some spinning rust that I can also store in my bank?

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