coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoSony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1123
arrow-up1123external-linkSony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.comcoyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYes, but at much higher cost.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTapes themselves are cheaper, but the drive (and potentially operating cost?) can definitely be higher for the industrial stuff
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPresumably when we’re talking off-site backups we’re talking about a separate company sitting somewhere in an abandoned nuclear bunker which can justify the price of a tape drive or twenty.
Yes, but at much higher cost.
Tapes themselves are cheaper, but the drive (and potentially operating cost?) can definitely be higher for the industrial stuff
Presumably when we’re talking off-site backups we’re talking about a separate company sitting somewhere in an abandoned nuclear bunker which can justify the price of a tape drive or twenty.