Jim Henderson wrote:

> 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.

DAT saved my behind quite a few times. Never used a tape for longer than a
month though.
-- 
Stefan Viljoen

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