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0 pointsshiroiushi1y ago0 comments

>LTO tape was already at 15TB by the time their 300GB Discs came out, and reached 45TB capacity 3 years ago.

No, they didn't. The largest LTO tape is only 18TB; your numbers are bogus. Those are BS advertised numbers with compression. If you're storing a bunch of movies or photos, for instance, you can't compress that data any further. The actual amount of data that the medium can physically store is the only useful number when discussing data storage media.

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Twirrim1y ago

That's fair. The LTO capacity was already still significantly larger than archive disc at any stage in archive disc's life cycle.

Both Sony and Panasonic completely failed to demonstrate actual value from the format. Smaller capacity, for the same kinds of environmental constraints, similar size drives etc. There was just no reason to actually use it.

shiroiushiOP1y ago

Yeah, it's really too bad someone hasn't made a reasonably-priced archival format that consumers and small businesses can use, because LTO isn't it. The closest they have is MDISC, but the storage capacity is small, and from what I'm reading, discs advertised with this aren't necessarily all that long-lived anyway (if they're using dye).

What we need is a cheap, write-once format that can hold at least 1TB, similar to how we used to use CD-Rs 20-25 years ago, but without organic dye like those discs and with a far longer shelf life.

RecycledEle1y ago

I wonder if someone could mass-produce a BD-R type media, but the size of a laser-disc, and resistant to almost all scratching. Maybe put it in a case like the old 3.5" floppy disks had?

everfrustrated1y ago

It's called the cloud or Backblaze. Encrypt with your own keys and let them worry about moving the data to new drives every so often.

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