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Linear Tape-Open (en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by CGMthrowaway 2 days ago
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LTO can be great. But if you aren't familiar with modern tape, then two things to carefully note:

- Inter-generation compatibility has been going downhill recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape-Open#Compatibility

- Vendor-quoted capacities often include some optimistic assumptions about data compression