Its not an LLM as far as I can tell, just a standard machine learning model. They are using “AI” and “ChatGPT” as a marketing gimmick.

At the cost of a little disk space, you can install KDE,gnome,i3,etc, and they can try each.

Is this user far away, and will they need support?

Don’t clouds mostly just rely on replication across zones though?

I would have thought tapes were just too slow to be useful in that environment.

I’ll read up on the IBM deep archive.

If they don’t, report them.

Does make you wonder who does use tape? Id assume big businesses just use cloud, so who is left that uses tape?

I didn’t look tbh, I just assumed it would be 1-2k. 8-10 is crazy.

Does kinda backup my point though :/

https://www.unitex.co.jp/en/products/hardware/lto/lto-tapedrive/

Found from a google, no experience with it.

Tape is not a nice medium for the self-hoster, the drives are expensive, the tapes need to be carefully stored securely (temperature and humidity controled). Its a lot of hassle. That said, if you find something good, I’m interested as well, so report back.

To be fair, their job is to get high…