As a seemingly non-networkable device, I'm thinking a price comparison would need to be made with the "direct attach" offerings by vendors in our space.
And while B&H's price is $2,200 below "List" …
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=980494&Q=&is=REG&A=details
… that price is still well above the price of, say, XenData's Workstation software -- or their hardware inclusive bundle.
I do like the concept of cross-platform, Plug n Play USB 3.0 – but having only that interface is limiting -- and slow (compared to SAS).
I also like the random access feature, but I'm not sure how much I'd need that for true archival media – and the maximum capacity for Re-Writable is only 1.2TB, with Write-Once at only 1.5TB.
In terms of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), the 1.2TB cartridge is $270 and the 1.5TB cartridge is $280.
Compare that with a $68 LTO-6 cartridge that can store 2.5TB natively or 6.25TB compressed.
And then there's the notion of being able to send your archival media to your client or another facility.
I'm not sure this format will ever achieve the footprint of LTO – and I doubt I could talk my clients into purchasing one.
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