Timo Neuvonen wrote:

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> One more benefit of tapes (when they are used in bigger quantities) is that 
> they are lightweight to carry, and due to lower weight they require less 
> packaging material, resulting in smaller total size too. This comes into 
> picture when several tapes / disks need to be taken to 
> (fire/vandal/burglary)safe offsite storage room regulary.

Very much so....tapes also dont tend to be static sensitive...and if you 
are sensible survive the weekly offsite move via courier without loss. 
Just try carting drives about and see how long they last.

> But for home user making backups occasionally, without well-planned scheme, 
> and storing all the few backups in a local desk drawer, tapes may be more 
> expensive and more complicated to use than disks. 

Yes...depends on how much you want to save and how important it is to 
you. I have an old DLT4 tape drive but tapes are $120 each and the few I 
have are failing...so I have switched to sata/ide disks and bacula and 
will do an occasional tar to tape which will go to my parents, either 
that or a DVD+R...

For example, a 1GB tape
> drive costs much compared to a few 1GB disks, still forgetting the tape 
> media costs.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Timo 

regards

Thing

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