Re: cross platform archiving

There are actually two costs for LTO-5 solutions regardless of whether you employ Bru, Cache-A, SDNA, etc. Besides the up-front pricing, you face annual software agreements which are quite pricey. I suspect as the archival industry matures, these extraneous costs for upkeep will diminish. I wish I could hold my breath for a cloud solution, something I'll readily pay for when we reach efficacy. While there are cloud solutions available, the industry leaders/enterprise solution providers ask about $2,000 a month for 10 terabytes. For my small shop, I consider this to be more than 2000 times the cost I can afford to pay. Today, the archival industry is in the baby-step phase yet millions of users are prepared to spend good money for a safe tapeless environment.