-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/03/08 20:30, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > One of the threads over at [EMAIL PROTECTED] has gone OT (for them) into > discussing backup media. The concensus there seems to be that tape > (e.g. DLT) is still the best for long-term storage (e.g. archives)
Do "they" even make new DLT 8000 drives anymore? We are happy with SuperDLT2 drives, but are transitioning to LTO3. > because CD/DVDs fade rather quickly while hard drives get "bit rot" over the > years and since they're not being run frequently you don't see error > messages appearing. > > I'm wondering what people here on DU use. Lets say the archive size is > 7 GB. It could fit on one DVD; one(?) or two USB sticks, SD cards, etc; 7GB? That was a lot in 1992, when DLT-III was king, but now DLT IV is ancient, and 7GB is -- bluntly -- chickenfeed. > an old spare hard drive or a new dedicated hard drive in (presumably) an > external (USB, firewire, eSATA?) case. > > Do people still use tape? I note that the drive prices for used drives > on eBay are quite low but then most (?) would need to add the > appropriate scsi card since I doubt they would be SATA compatible. What kind? DLT8000 drives have been around now for 15 years > Other than rsyncing to another box, what do people use for > put-it-on-the-shelf archiving? How important is the data? Personal or commercial? If a reputable archival company like Iron Mountain offers on-line storage, then I'd encrypt it and drop it on their servers. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHfa5jS9HxQb37XmcRAjJBAKDhP8t4J3ylUVot71sr5cdId2GoBgCgn44L qOKiJu1gAY6NPbbH9Q+b5p8= =pbfQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
