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Is there any tape media backup system that works through USB? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 hours ago by iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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So...I was wondering. Is there any backup tape system that would be advisable to use for backing up some TBs? I guess I need it to be USB, as the server is a micro PC, one of those tiny ones you can hang from behind a monitor. It's an HP ProDesk.

Thanks!

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 27 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

https://www.unitex.co.jp/en/products/hardware/lto/lto-tapedrive/

Found from a google, no experience with it.

Tape is not a nice medium for the self-hoster, the drives are expensive, the tapes need to be carefully stored securely (temperature and humidity controled). Its a lot of hassle. That said, if you find something good, I'm interested as well, so report back.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Where I live I have an interesting second hand market. I might be able to find something older like LTO5 at reasonable prices. I'm not sure however about the SAS to USB adapter...

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 points 17 minutes ago

I use LTO4 tapes.

  • Bare LC drive eBay $~60. Pulled from a library so I had to switch the operation mode. Missing the bay door and kinda dinged up but worked.
  • Celerity FC81en HBA card was $~30.
  • 1.6TB tapes sold in packs of 5 around $11/tape. Probably can do better than that at higher volume.

Overall take: slow noisy writes but viable for cheap stable long-term storage.

Note: for each of the components above I set price alerts and waited. If in a hurry, maybe skip tape storage lol

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

A bit pricy for home use with 8-10k bucks...

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

No shit. I still have a 5090 still stuck in my throat. $8k for a tape drive, hell, I could have got two 5090s.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 3 hours ago

I didn't look tbh, I just assumed it would be 1-2k. 8-10 is crazy.

Does kinda backup my point though :/