xssfox@cloudisland.n..
posted 26 Sep 2024 10:23 +0000
I have automated my LTO tape label printing....
one honk maybe more
xssfox@cloudisland.n..
replied 26 Sep 2024 10:31 +0000
in reply to: https://cloudisland.nz/users/xssfox/statuses/113203362521256162
benjojo
replied 26 Sep 2024 10:42 +0000
in reply to: https://cloudisland.nz/users/xssfox/statuses/113203393071266695
@xssfox How many tapes do you have at this point? I have LTO6 backups for a archive project and that is 20xLTO6's in a briefcase, but I also have seemingly infinite LTO5's after buying a huge box of them for like 1£ a cartridge (see https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/lto-tape-backups-for-linux-nerds )
xssfox@cloudisland.n..
replied 26 Sep 2024 10:49 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/y5Kv2kF44Xh82ddb1l
@benjojo there's 31x LTO6 tapes allocated to various pools at the moment (mostly used), but I'll be adding probably about 8 more tapes over the next few days
benjojo
replied 26 Sep 2024 11:13 +0000
in reply to: https://cloudisland.nz/users/xssfox/statuses/113203464687903609
@xssfox Cool! that's a lot of LTO6 for hobby-ish stuff! I'm personally proabbly gong to bite the bullet and upgrade to LTO7 or LTO8 at some point
xssfox@cloudisland.n..
replied 26 Sep 2024 22:30 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/49kx3JKVs321Nnhzv6
@benjojo I fear the write speeds required for LTO7. LTO6 is already annoying enough with some of our jobs requiring spooling
benjojo
replied 27 Sep 2024 07:09 +0000
in reply to: https://cloudisland.nz/users/xssfox/statuses/113206221145240418
@xssfox oh yeah. I lost the "don't spool" game long ago, so ultimately it makes little difference. Also high tbw SSDs are quite cheap (the only double the price of a normal consumer SSD with a terrible tbw) so I don't really see why not. It also helps that I tend to write an entire tape at a time