Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:50:45 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb-freebsd@gba.oz.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Dan Janowski <danj@3skel.com>, Joerg Micheel <joerg@cs.waikato.ac.nz>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DDS-2/DDS-3 drives Message-ID: <19990410085046.24019.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <19990410134632.J2142@lemis.com> of Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:46:32 %2B0930 References: <19990410131624.H2142@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904100007430.27348-100000@fnur.3skel.com> <19990410134632.J2142@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey writes: > I'm seriously wondering whether I can be bothered with helical scan > tapes, though. I've been using them for years, and they're the most > unreliable part of the system by a long shot. My helical scan tapes are *now* the most unreliable parts of the systems I use, although I'd rate them as better than the QIC tapes that I used previously (and which some of my customers still use). In comparison to stuff like disks, tapes just can't compare -- and it's probably unrealistic to expect them to. My own view is that tapes (of any kind) are unreliable but still the only practical medium for off-site backups. So, pick one that suits your budget and size requirements, replace the media at regular intervals, and check the integrity of the data on the tapes. One day, the hardware guys will come up with something that is as useful as tape but which works as well as disks and then, once the price comes down, we can all just change to it. -- Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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