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Anyone who has access to a mLogic mTape or an OWC Mercury Pro: how loud are the drives when they're reading and writing? And how is YoYotta vs Hedge Canister for software? (alien.top)

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Looking for a thunderbolt solution to LTO-8 drive. Also down to do a DIY solution if it's cheaper.

The plan is to hook it up to my M1 Ultra Mac studio to backup my Synology NAS to tape to keep offsite. Maybe put tapes in a a couple layers of vacuum sealer bags if that's a safe thing to do. Is a dark closet a safe place to store tapes if they're vacuum sealed?

I'm going into this blind so ofc please correct me anywhere where i'm wrong, I'd love to learn the right way to archive to tape.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure what you’re going for exactly but this is a good thunderbolt tape drive, quite expensive though:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1704636-REG/magstor_trb3_hl9_thunderbolt_3_lto9_desktop.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

that's lto-9
i'm looking for lto-8

and magstor's already on my full list here:

$5,199.00 mLogic mTape (includes Hedge Canister software) ($4,999 direct from mlogic)

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1443348-REG/mlogic_mtape_tb3_lto8_mtape_tb3_lto_8_desktop.html

$4,729.00 OWC Mercury Pro (2TB onboard SSD)

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1665421-REG/owc_owctbltmp80s02_mercury_pro_lto_8_thunderbolt.html

$5,499.00 Magstor TRB3-HL8 (Empty 3.5" HDD Slot)

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1662083-REG/magstor_trb3_hl8_magstor_thunderbolt_3_lto8.html

$5,699.00 SimplyPRO LTO-XTH (Dual LTO-8 Tape Drives) (Includes SlimplyAtom software)

[https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1674580-REG/symply_sypro_dt3l8hh2_a0_symplypro_lto_xth_desktop_thunderbolt.html](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1674580-REG/symply_sypro_dt3l8hh2_a0_symplypro_lto_xth_desktop_thunderbolt.html)

i'm looking for purchasing advice considering the sofrware can be hit or miss between all of them, and personally I don't wanna pay for YoYotta for $100 a year. I want to buy a perpetual license for other programs if possible.