[mfm-list]AVCHD and tapeless cams -> tape archiving workflows

[Torrey Loomis]

On Feb 19, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Dave Poole wrote:

> Or for the same money you can get 60 of these and use your laptop.
> http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=3D10722


Dave,

The fixed cost on that is $1.41 per Gb for 7.2 Tb.

If you need to scale that up beyond that, the cost per Gb stays the =20
same.

With a tape system, there is a higher cost up front at about $2.50 per =20=

Gb for 4.0 Tb of tapes.

However, prices drop like a rock as you aggregate more data:

8 Tb: $1.36 per Gb
12 Tb: $.98 per Gb
16 Tb: $.84 per Gb
20 Tb: $.67 per Gb
24 Tb: $.59 per Gb

The economy of tape-based storage makes huge sense as you scale up. We =20=

are seeing many Tb of storage being backed up on a RED feature that is =20=

shooting now in the Sacramento area.

Torrey
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