Attempting to estimate the cost of long-term data storage can be a daunting task. In this video, George Crump and I discuss the essential elements of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and the capabilities of the TCO tool that I developed in conjunction with Fujifilm. It is an easy-to-use tool that compares the 10 year TCO of storing information on disk, tape, and in the cloud. The video can be found at this link.
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