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 • 3 months ago message-square29arrow-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 • 3 months ago message-square29
minus-square Natanael ( @Natanael@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilink1•3 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•3 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.
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.