[aklug] Re: Off Topic: LTO drives

Not to mention that LTO-5 drives are out now,
so they're pushing the lower end out of the marketplace.

- Piet

On 4/27/11 8:43 PM, Arthur Corliss wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, barsalou wrote:
>
>> Any of you real gear heads out there have any idea why a LTO-3 drive
>> would be upwards of $3000 bucks?
>>
>> What makes it cost so much?
> Simple economics. Relatively low volume product that requires top-grade
> components and construction that are typically sold to large, high end
> companies. The trifecta of $$$.
>
> Given that the vast majority of drives out there are on maintenance
> contracts you've got to figure that they're not going to cut corners or
> leverage economies of scale, in hopes of never having to replace the units
> and be able to bank the maintenance contract as 100% margin.
>
> Plus, the consortium that owns& licenses the technology (Ultrium, which was
> started by IBM, HP,& Seagate) probably charges a very pretty penny to all
> of their technology and manufacturing partners...
>
> --Arthur Corliss
> Live Free or Die
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Received on Thu Apr 28 05:58:13 2011