THIS $130 TAPE CAN HOLD 30TB!

Snazzy Labs launched a video about Margaret last year—our rescued server that has a 336TB capacity and we use to edit video live over the network via 10 gigabit ethernet. It's been super amazing, but while redundant, it isn't a backup so we're adding Edith to the mix: an i7 Mac mini that communicates with an LTO-8 tape drive made by mLogic.

[baitboy]

Not even Snazzy is safe from RAID shadow legends

[RocktCityTim]

I agree with a good bit of what you present, but here's a bit more input:

LTO isn't really "open" anymore since only IBM designs and manufactures the drives since LTO-7.

Any SAS Tape drive can be a Thunderbolt tape drive, all that mLogic has done is hide the adapter in the case.

LTO tapes are good for tens of thousands of accesses, not a hundred or so. We have LTO-1 tapes in our lab that have over 10, 000 full passes and even old DDS-1 tapes (1990-ish) that have closer to 50K write/read passes.

When you say "the software" keeps track of the file's location on tape, clarify that the LTFS drivers keep track of that. Yoyatta ID depends on the LTFS layer for tape access.

Access times on an LTO 7 or 8 tape is under 5 minutes (LTO-6 and 5 are under 4 minutes). This means that software that truly manages the tape layer can locate even a 500 byte email file and start the restore in under 5 minutes.

Be aware that a power loss during tape writing with any LTFS-based solution will result in a completely corrupted tape, not just the data that was being written at the point of failure.

It would be better to perform the backups from the native file system on the TruNAS/FreeNAS host (Margaret?) rather than via CIFS and the network. You lose filesystem metadata when you do it that way.

Just a bit of feedback based on 35 years in the backup business.

[EposVox]

I've always wanted to get into tape, but the drive cost is too prohibitive for me atm

[mmiikkee]

Wow. Keeping me glued for 20 minutes with in-depth explanations without being boring seriously needs credit.

[GoldenGearGrinder]

People: going crazy over raid shadow legends
Me: did he just try to remove tape by lighting it on fire?

[allenwarfield]

"you know what else costs 200$? an addiction to raid sha..." *coughs because he almost lost his sponsor lol

[KelsomaticPDX]

Snazzy Labs is quickly approaching a singularity wherein the rate at which they shoot video to explain their video storage solutions outpaces their ability to acquire new storage for the additional videos.

[KarlMathiasMoberg]

As an enterprise IT sysadmin - THANK YOU for showing that tape is the thing to use for backups and not jerry-rig solutions like Linus has done for his projects. Tape is cheap, and as long as you label your tapes properly and have a good application for managing it, it's super flexible. Very nice video! :D

[alexander-jlcs]

6:40
*To Add : You can initialise new LTO-7 tape cartridges as type-M in a LTO-8 drive giving 9TB capacity for the same price or 0.004$/GB.

[Disaur]

Quinn: This is a very expensive box
Also Quinn, 10 seconds ago: *Trying to burn the package down with a lighter*

[leoren]

Finally, someone does a video on the current day tape storage technology. All my mates look me as a caveman when I talked with them about the enormous storage space current type can provide.

[Capturing-Memories]

To be announced LTO-14 tape boasts 576 TB uncompressed or 1.44 PB compressed. Where I heard that number before? oh right 1.44 MB floppy disc.

[ElZamo]

Quinn: This video is sponsored by Ra-
Me: KING CRIMSON!!!

[milo]

>primary motivator is cost

>everything is apple

[x] doubt

[DONK]

7:08 "their magnetic so they last forever.
No, they last a long time but will fail eventually. Floppy discs are a prime example of this.

[cosmolv]

We use LTO tapes in television. I think all TV's use them to store movies and archive. News room use rack mount multi LTO rack, but in main TV there are LTO Robot room for that. So it change tapes automaticly.

This time you outlinused Linus on backups

[weeniehut]

Me: Lets out a big *sigh*

“Are you bored yet?”

Me: wtf

[umersalman]

What the hell? I pay 30$ per month for my fiber connection for 50 up and 50 down! In Pakistan!

What kind of internet provider is this??

[findursol]

You’re literally the only person creating content on here that I watch every video from. You cannot make bad content and the improvements in production quality have shown up more and more over time. They’re generally family friendly and I can show them without reservation to others. Please keep this up. Seriously. A+.