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Hey folks, being the family IT man I've held onto all of my families photos/videos over the last 20 years

I've been pretty careless with the backups and I know if I don't do anything it's only a matter of time before I lose them

Although I've never used them, tape drives seem to be the best so I thought I'd ask here if anyone uses them for their homelab?

It might be overkill for a few GB of photos but I'd also use the tape drives for data hoarding purposes so it's a win win in my book

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[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

How have I never heard of tape drives for backup before? They seam like the ultimate medium for archival storage. Super cheap although very slow, sounds like a good compromise to me.

[–] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

because the cartridges are comparatively cheap, yes. but the drives are expensive--minimum $5k (average $8k) for a drive in my country.

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Ook, maybe if I ever need to store a petabyte or two for whatever reason.

[–] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

My folks had a tape backup system in the late 1990s. It used 250MB tapes.

They've been around for decades.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It’s only used in enterprise settings

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

It's all we had in the early 90s for archiving :)