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I want 10TB optical media that costs $5 each.

• dumbotron 4y ago
  Honestly, I'd pay $50, maybe $100 for that.
• orangepurple 4y ago
  That would be something like LaserDisc with BluRay media LOL
  • aidenn0 4y ago
    Or BDXL with 320 layers...
• tombert 4y ago
  It’s not optical, and it’s not “fast” in any traditional sense of the word, but LTO tapes can kind of approach what you’re suggesting. I’ve seen LTO-7 tapes sell for as low as $10 on eBay sometimes, and they advertise that you can get upwards of 15TB of storage if you enable compression. Granted, while the tapes are comparatively cheap, the tape drives very much are not…
  • kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
    Trick is to stick to older LTO drives with U160 SCSI. Nobody wants them.