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Backup Tapes: Alive And Kicking

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the please-be-kind-and-rewind dept.

yootje writes "The Register runs an article about the future of backup tapes, which looks pretty good. Although some people say backup tapes are dead, tape systems continue to evolve. To prove that, The Register intoduces some new products that are about to come, like the SL8500."

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  1. If it ain't broke... by GuyinVA · · Score: 5, Informative

    We're still using tape back up, and will continue to do so. It works.

  2. Backups are here to stay... by Shoeler · · Score: 5, Informative

    The pundits of backup-to-disk always neglect to mention the fact that though disk costs continue to decrease and storage capacity continues to increase, so do the capacities of tape storage mechanisms. Even at $50 US a tape, they would still have a lower cost-per-gigabyte (or is it now cost-per-terabyte?). Especially with organizations with SANs, backup-to-disk is TOO expensive and too wasteful for prescious SAN resources.

  3. Re:But why oh why... by Jhon · · Score: 5, Informative
    Why are tape drives so expensive??
    Because there is no driving need for the home user to back up gobs of data and maintain a history of such backups. Most home users data fit nicely on a single CD-R (sans music/video).

    Since there's no real consumer-need, there's no real consumer model and no consumer production. That keeps the production costs up in the realm of the corporate/business users.
    Got any idea where I can get a sub 300$ tape backup system?
    Ebay?