The tape backup service is a concept that will be tested for the first time at 39c3.

Our initial goal at the Congress is to offer interested individuals access to and a place to exchange tape storage. To this end, we will bring a server, a tape library and tapes with us.

Whether we continue to offer this as a service in the future will depend on the response and our capacity.

But first, let's talk about 39c3:

We want to give everyone at the Congress access to tape backup. To this end, we are providing LTO5 (1.5 TB) and LTO6 (2.5 TB) tapes free of charge* (while stocks last) and are also operating the necessary infrastructure to read and write them.

This is how we envisage the project:

1. You click to create a user account.

2. You transfer your data to tapes via our cache server (see Implementation).

3. You take your tapes with your data home with you (cold storage).

4. If you want to recover your data after losing it on other media, you contact us for a possible solution.

Implementation:

We provide a server with encrypted storage. The data can be uploaded to this server. You then generate your own encryption key, which is used to encrypt the data on the tapes.

• A tape costs between €15 and €25. These are costs that we actually incur, as we do not receive any sponsorship for them. We therefore welcome donations so that the project can continue to exist.