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On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:17:16 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>> I don't know, man... Backing up spinning disk to... spinning disk? Is
>>> that such a sensible idea?
>>
>> Why not? It's a backup. It's not like you can read a tape without
>> spinning it. What are you going to back it up to, FLASH RAM?
>
> Tape operates at much lower speeds. And since the only people who use
> tape are people who want seriously reliable backup storage, it tends to
> be very well engineered. (And stupidly expensive...)
Never used DAT drives for backup, have you? ;-) Horrible quality of
storage media, and terrible shelf life IME.
Jim
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