On 3/17/2016 8:48 AM, Alan Brown wrote: > . What's killed all these "smaller" > formats is cheap(ish) HDD/SSDs, cloud storage and the likes of Netflix. > That's despite even BDXL 120GB not being large enough capacity to hold a > complete 4k video title. >
RDX is a good choice for "smaller" format, although smaller is relative. The bottom line is that a USB3 RDX drive and 6 2 TB cartridges is about the same cost as a single LTO-6 drive and 4 2.5 TB cartridges. If media needs in the long term will stay below 12 - 16 TB, then RDX is the simpler, and IMO better choice. Above that, LTO-6 wins out due to much lower media cost. For the backup window factor, LTO-6 wins every time. However, RDX performance is on par with LTO-4, so for many, if not most, small businesses, it meets their needs. Because of RDX (or even simple USB HDD), I see very little reason for Bacula to worry about supporting optical drives. They are slow, prone to errors, and at this point simply not adequate, even for small business or personal use. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785231&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
