Re: Why not SSD Drives?
"LTO3 (400GB) , LTO4 (800GB) used tape drives can be bought at very cheap prices."
Because they're not that useful anymore given today's storage needs. Practical capacities don't start until LTO5 (1.5TB). Guess what? Those drives run around $400 used AND still require a server enclosure AND a Serial Attached SCSI interconnect: both strictly the realm of enterprise server rooms (most of them are server room pulls when they were replaced with LTO-6 drives).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
