[Info-vax] OT: Has Ask Slashdot reached a hilarious new low-point?

[Paul Sture]

On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:08:57 +0000, Michael Kraemer wrote:

> In article <084nf9-t2d2.ln1 at news1.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture
> <paul.nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>> 
>> "LTFS is one of the more exciting aspects of LTO 5. Not only does it
>> deliver a very simple way for users to interact with LTO 5 based
>> drives, it also provides a platform for easier interchange of media.
>> Now, at a cost of $50 a TB, 3TBs of information can be overnighted to
>> anywhere in the world. In many cases overnight delivery of an LTO5
>> cartridge would be faster than transferring 3TBs of data across a WAN
>> segment. The fact that the receiver only needs an LTO 5 drive attached
>> to a computer with the free LTFS driver installed, not a special
>> application, to read that data is a key advantage."
>> 
>> 
> Looks like things come full circle.
> Two decades ago the same argument held for 5GB 8mm cartridges vs what
> was called "WAN" back then. Question now is: what does a LTO 5 drive
> cost?
> Back then a 5GB tape drive was the same price as a 1GB disk.

On Slashdot a price of $1800 was mentioned.  That's roughly the same as a 
DLT IV drive 10 years ago.

At the time I went for a DAT drive for home because DLT IV tapes were
~$100 USD each.  If I had known I would get offered 20 of them for free a 
year later I would have gone for the DLT solution.

-- 
Paul Sture