coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 18 days agoSony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down11
arrow-up1122arrow-down1external-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 · 18 days agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 days agoYes, but at much higher cost.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoTapes themselves are cheaper, but the drive (and potentially operating cost?) can definitely be higher for the industrial stuff
minus-squarebarsoaplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days 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.