Tape Library

While discussing my new tape library a friend asked "why tape?" 

The answer is pretty simple: 

• LTO-6 is $7.58/TiB
• 8TB HDs are $24.83/TiB

At the end if the day I can get tape for 1/3 the price of hard drives. While the upfront cost of tape is higher ($4500 for tape vs $1500 for disk), it becomes worth it pretty quick to me. 

The What...

The used Scalar i2000 I ordered is almost here and the used Scalar i6000 is pending shipment. 

The Why...

tl;dr I'd rather not have to change tapes out once a month and store+organize 400 LTO-6 cartridges.