I’m entertaining the thought to write my backups onto tape storage. So my questiont to this community is: does someone know where (if any) to get cheap and simple (my requirements are “just writes & reads the data and is usable with a Linux machine”) used tape drives?
Thanks for any hints.
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Ask geophysicists or people dealing with geophysical data. Storing on tape is pretty much industry standard, and drives are upgraded now and then for better speed and data density.
Source: We sold off a bunch of TS1150 a couple of years ago after upgrading.
Ebay
Ebay or Facebook marketplace are good spots to look.
I didn’t not used to work at Human-I-T
Can’t vouch for being tested. Usually tested to power on If not otherwise listed for as/is etc.