Tape drives vs HDD for large storage solutions

[Master Razor]

Say I'd like for my own use to have 60TB of storage space.
Would a tape drive be cheaper than HDD space?
Is it better for data?

[anon]

Tapes cost approximately one third of a hard disk of the same size. Tape drives, however, are much more expensive, but for 60 TB the tradeoff will probably be worth it.

The best usage for tapes are big backup files that are read sequentially and compress well (data is compressed on the fly; note that tape capacities are usually given in terms of compressed equivalents, not "real" space).

[molosse]

amazon cloud?

I haven't yet read all the nitty gritty details of Amazon cloud's terms and conditions, but you get unlimited storage for USD 60 a year.
Amazon might frown a bit when they see 60TB on one account

I'm soon to upload 24TB of movies/TV shows for Plex so I'll find out myself I guess.

[Instab]

first and foremost tapes are used for their reliability. you also have to keep in mind that tape access is linear so you can't use them like a hard drive. they're typically used for incremental system backups or for stuff that really matters.
in other words if you're thinking about a place for your movie collection using tapes for that would be a waste. on the other hand if you have rare stuff that cannot be replaced or business data you rely on then putting that on a tape is your best bet. the same goes for archive purposes.

[Master Razor]

What I would really need is that much space for every day use, similar to a HDD. But unfortunatelly, there isn't any homeuse NAS that offers this much space.
I do not think this is possible to use 15 HDDs of 4TB each. It consume large amounts of space, power, noise ....

PS: It is not for movies, games, music. It is for my own projects, files that I work with.
PS2: I do not want to use an online service.

[molosse]

What I would really need is that much space for every day use, similar to a HDD. But unfortunatelly, there isn't any homeuse NAS that offers this much space.
I do not think this is possible to use 15 HDDs of 4TB each. It consume large amounts of space, power, noise ....

PS: It is not for movies, games, music. It is for my own projects, files that I work with.
PS2: I do not want to use an online service.

then you have your answer, you have to stick with HDD.
you should then get Seagate 10TB drive, at $430 a pop, it's not excessive at all.
you can easily find a NAS or make a very silent homemade NAS to put 6 of these guys.

Or get just a single
60TB SDD

[anon]

What I would really need is that much space for every day use, similar to a HDD.

Then tapes won't work for you. The seek times will destroy usability.

I'd say that if you can hijack a shipment of those 60 TB SSDs, you're set

[anon]

I haven't yet read all the nitty gritty details of Amazon cloud's terms and conditions, but you get unlimited storage for USD 60 a year.
Amazon might frown a bit when they see 60TB on one account

Good point; we live in an upside down reality where "unlimited" doesn't actually mean without limits.

Two years ago, there was a small timeframe when my work privileges allowed me to create Google accounts with free lifetime unlimited storage (which is granted to anyone working on education or non-profits), I should have signed up some ghost employees and sold them on eBay