Sony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.comexternal-link coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) TechnologyEnglish • 9 months ago message-square26arrow-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 ) TechnologyEnglish • 9 months ago message-square26
minus-square u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org) ( @user224@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoYes, but at much higher cost.
minus-square Natanael ( @Natanael@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilink1•9 months 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 ) linkfedilink1•9 months 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.
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.