datahoarder
Who are we?
We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.
We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.
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Personally, I recommend the lsi cards. Those things are tanks. The lsi 8i (8 internal) has been my friend for many years without fail. It does support jbod, so no raid, and I hooked a tape drive up to it too.
Tell me more about your tape drive though, I'm unhappy with mine and I'm looking to replace it
Sorry but I haven't got the tape drive yet. I found an HP lto-5 ultrium 3000 on ebay but I'm not sure if it's a good choice
Feel free to ping me if you make the jump, I learned a lot about it. Biggest thing I can recommend is double triple make sure everything supports ltfs, it will make your life 1000% easier.