On 8/22/2025 5:49 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM home user via users
<users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 8/21/2025 9:27 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
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> On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM home user via users
> <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> LTO, like LTO-10. LTO tapes usually have a write-protect switch.
>
> Older LTO works fine, too. I still have LTO-6 at my house for
> archiving my important stuff. I move the LTO tape into the shed
in my
> backyard in case the house burns down.
Thank-you, Jeffrey. I did not know about LTO.
The price of the media is tolerable. The write-protect capability
is nice.
But the hardware is expensive ($thousands) for a stand-alone home
desktop.
Looks good for professional and commercial shops.
A new old stock LTO-3 drive can be had for $150,
<https://www.ebay.com/itm/406139240560>.
The tapes are about $25 (or less). The tapes don't wear out like thumb
drives and SDcards. You don't develop bad blocks, and you don't need
wear leveling.
Also, the speed for LTO-9 (400MB/sec) is less than USB-3.2.
The network is likely going to be your bottleneck, not the system's bus.
Jeff
It will be a single, stand-alone desktop; no network.
LTO-3 is a mere 1/5 the speed of LTO-9!
I appreciate your suggestion, but I don't think it's right for my "use
case".
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