I think this is a bit misleading. Tape is not just the tape cartridge itself. Quality drives are very expensive and so is tape management. Managing access to tapes at scale is also not trivial and complicates a lot of your processes.
Another important factor everybody seems to forget is that you don't want the tape to be your only backup. They are so slow to restore that you typically only use tape as last resort.
For my personal backups I calculated a bunch of regular 4TB drives, external USB 3.1 bay which takes 2 of them at once and an off-site storage (place where I can keep drives) to be best solution.
Another important factor everybody seems to forget is that you don't want the tape to be your only backup. They are so slow to restore that you typically only use tape as last resort.
For my personal backups I calculated a bunch of regular 4TB drives, external USB 3.1 bay which takes 2 of them at once and an off-site storage (place where I can keep drives) to be best solution.