RE: Cranky LTO tape drive

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Something more to add to your nightmares:

What's the estimated usable shelf life for a u-burn-it DVD vs a tape backup?

Last time I paid attention a DVD might have 5-10 year life (depending 
on the quality of the DVD and how well the burn went).  The tape may 
have 20-30 year life.

We rely on good tape backups, and can selectively restore data from 
our month end saves going back at least 7 years.

--Paul E Musselman
Paulmmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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At 9:01 AM -0500 12/29/16, Rob Berendt wrote:
> Here's something to really try your patience...
>
> Is your system's DVD read/writable?  Can you do a full system save to DVD?
>  We are talking about a small hobby system here, right?
>
> I have done some saves of some 'archive' data to the DVD drive.  Very slow
> but it did take up very little physical space on the shelf compared to a
> tape cartridge.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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