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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:17:16 +0000, Invisible wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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Stefan Viljoen
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