LTO Tape data storage for Linux nerds (blog.benjojo.co.uk)
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uniqueuid Apr 2, 2022 | on: The Reliability of Optical Disks | context

One option that hasn't been mentioned is tape archives. It's not for everyone, but tapes (LTO) do have a lot of technology and infrastructure behind them that is built for longevity.

In particular, you can do cost-efficient archives to multiple tapes and store them in safe locations. If (and that's a big if) the base cost of the drive is tolerable.

There was recently a wonderful post and discussion on LTO for "normal" nerds [1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30099540

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