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2026-08-03 15:37 UTC
@nate
It also occurs to me that, if the office burns down, we'd have to somehow find a replacement LTO drive of that exact version, which by then could be a museum piece.
I doubt computers will stop having USB ports any time soon.
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@nate@snac.justnat3.com 2026-08-03 15:52
I hesitate to say this, but- tape infrastructure is unlikely to go anywhere anytime soon unless we find a better medium that last 30+ years. However, depending on your retention you would move your newest vicennial|yearly|monthly media to new standards as time goes on. it is rather expensive though.. So- I completely understand :) The other day I read an LTO 3! I think we are up to LTO 10 now haha. _last resort_: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_pack