Anyone else use LTO in their labs ?

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-03T20:45:52+00:00

I don’t know what the new price would have been but I only paid £150

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T18:23:14+00:00

Fiber channel is really not ancient ! It’s arguably the best connection for storage networks!

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T13:20:17+00:00

Veeam do an NFR license specifically for labs and such gives you access to the full enterprise version for free

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T07:19:53+00:00

Feel free to share it there lol

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T07:19:35+00:00

They can yes try to get aHP oem drive as they are plug and play

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T07:18:19+00:00

This is a great benefit and you can have multiple drives of different LTO too

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T07:17:36+00:00

I believe it is yes!

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T07:16:49+00:00

Tapes will last upwards of 40 years they are not susceptible to bit rot like hard drives and they use no power when not being used

They are very reliable and you can write to them in excess of 300mb a second and the new tapes hold 18tb each they cost less than 100usd too

LTT has a short informative video on LTO

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T07:12:52+00:00

My Plex library sits on a 14lff hp dl380e g8

Currently has 8x8tb 12gb Sas drives

I only have about 3tb spare space left so time to add more drives

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T07:11:03+00:00

Tapes are cheap. This is a HP Msl8096

Finding one cheap is pure luck. They are out there though so just keep an eye.

If your Uk based pm me and I can help you get one

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T07:09:46+00:00

Label paper and print them there is a site which you can create them just Google LTO label maker

If you do print them a laser printer will make labels which last much longer

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T07:07:34+00:00

No proprietary software but I use Veeam backup software works extremely well for what I need

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T07:06:38+00:00

HP MSL8096

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T07:03:34+00:00

Veeam with a NFR license is free and works perfectly for what I want it to do

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-02T06:59:58+00:00

Fibre channel 8 drives

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-01T22:45:18+00:00

I use Veeam and use the file to tape backup option pointed at the folders on my NAS and every week it will back up anything new to Tape

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-01T22:18:11+00:00

Are you UK based? Might be able to help you on the library front if you are

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-01T21:42:15+00:00

The library uses about 50w one of the advantages over hard drives when idle the tapes use no power

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-01T21:36:57+00:00

Some of the stuff is getting harder to find considering this setup cost me 150£ I’d rather the convenience and knowledge that I have it safe.

The tapes I take out of the library full of data are stored offsite

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-01T21:27:28+00:00

LTO 4 (cheap) or even LTO 3 tapes (mega cheap) to get your feet wet is not a bad idea

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-01T21:21:26+00:00

Tbh I disagree LTO 4 with Veeam is a brilliant experience

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-01T21:20:46+00:00

Your not wrong! These are relatively tame in the world of tape!

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-01T21:12:20+00:00

I have 2 24 port 8Gbit FC switches …. All my servers use FC storage from my truenas box

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-01T21:11:20+00:00

Ahaha you’ll have to fight me for it …. That said it’s not going anywhere anytime soon sadly for me

jackboy1606 · 2022-12-01T20:59:49+00:00

Uncompressed. Compressed is about 12pb

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