Why “lto” is being discussed
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The vast majority of Debug traits never get used. All the standard library containers (collections, smart pointers, refcell, etc) have Debug traits auto-emitted if the underlyin…
by vlovich123 · Oct 7, 2026
Have you tried LTO tapes and drives? They are seriously better than the bad old tape drives. They even have a standardized filesystem (LTFS) that can be mounted as a normal (alb…
by cyberax · Oct 6, 2026
I've gone all in on M-Disc (and even regular HTL inorganic bluray). I've been using it as an archival medium for about five years. With hard drive prices being what they are, I…
by publlus_enigma · Oct 6, 2026
Holy cow, thank you for this. On that same IBM[1] link, it reads: Maximum wet bulb temperature (Only LTO-8 and earlier cartridges) / Maximum Dew Point temperature (LTO-9 an…
by isomorphic · Oct 6, 2026
> is how closed-down the ecosystem for the LTO drives themselves seems to be. Linear Tape Open is remarkably Open for an enterprise product with Open in the name. Personally, I…
by toast0 · Oct 6, 2026
> The biggest advantage of LTO is that it's designed to be offline. It's been a while since I did enterprise backup, but when I did, most backup software had a 'bootstrap proced…
by throw0101a · Oct 6, 2026
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