coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) to TechnologyEnglish · 2 years agoSony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1123
arrow-up1123external-linkSony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.com coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) to TechnologyEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-square barsoap ( @barsoap@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoIsn’t that what tapes are for.
minus-square cmnybo ( @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoSure, if you have enough data to make the cost of a tape drive worth it.
minus-square u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org) ( @user224@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoYes, but at much higher cost.
minus-square Natanael ( @Natanael@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoTapes themselves are cheaper, but the drive (and potentially operating cost?) can definitely be higher for the industrial stuff
minus-square barsoap ( @barsoap@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoPresumably when we’re talking off-site backups we’re talking about a separate company sitting somewhere in an abandoned nuclear bunker which can justify the price of a tape drive or twenty.
minus-square Fuzzy_Red_Panda ( @Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agodeleted by creator
Isn’t that what tapes are for.
Sure, if you have enough data to make the cost of a tape drive worth it.
Yes, but at much higher cost.
Tapes themselves are cheaper, but the drive (and potentially operating cost?) can definitely be higher for the industrial stuff
Presumably when we’re talking off-site backups we’re talking about a separate company sitting somewhere in an abandoned nuclear bunker which can justify the price of a tape drive or twenty.
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