[geeks] tape backup, revisited

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
>>> I just posted about the Quantum GoVault, but I misread the media cost.
>>> It's $104 each, not $14 like I thought.  Damn, I knew it was too good to
>>> be true.
>> You can *almost* buy 500G SATA drives for $104 nowdays.
> 
> Funny how things keep repeating.  We're nearly back to the age of using
> removable disk packs for near-line storage.

I hadn't thought of it that way, but you're exactly right.

Peace...  Sridhar