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>> I always thought this kind of service was only of use to intelligence
>> agencies and people with poor backup procedures. ;-)
> 
> Well, seeing as I lost data in the process, I guess that you'd put me in
> category 2?
> In limited defence, I had a fairly complete backup (DVD) a few months old
> and a partial backup a week or so old (flash drive). I only lost a few
> things. Most were recreatable.

Fact: When I was at uni, every single time assignment hand-in date came 
around, you would not *believe* how many 3.5" disks went faulty! ;-)



What amused me was the scene that unfolded the other day...

Jane: Hey Andrew, you know that safe you used to use to hold the backup 
tapes? You don't need that any more, do you?

Me: ...er, YES.

Jane: Oh. Really??

Me: Um, yes.

Jane: ...Oh. What, even in the new building?

Me: Er, yes.

Jane: Oh. Don't you use DVDs or something now?

Me: ...?

Jane: So I can't have that safe then?

Me: Er, no.

Jane: Oh, OK. Well anyway, it's been moved to the lab now.

Me: ...right, OK. That's a procedure violation then.

Jane: OK. Bye...

Fact: Capacity of a DVD = 4 GB. Capacity of a single DDS-4 tape = 20 GB 
= 5 DVDs. Capacity of a single LTO1 tape = 100 GB = 25 DVDs. Transfer 
speed of a DVD = 1.35 MB/sec. LTO1 = 15 MB/sec. Why in the name of God 
would we use DVDs?!

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