-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10.03.2010 18:18, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > The advantage of the tapes is an official support channel, and much greater > archive life. The advantage of the removable disks is that you need no > special software to do a restore, and you could just as easily restore a > single file or the whole filesystem.
There is another advantage as well, but I'll let you try that one for yourself. - -Make two backups. One to a HDD, one to a modern LTO or similar tape. - -Walk up the stairs to the first floor. - -Open the window. - -Drop both backups onto the ground. - -Try to restore both backups... See any differences in reliability for disasters here? ;) //Svein - -- - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- /"\ |Svein Skogen | sv...@d80.iso100.no \ / |Solberg Østli 9 | PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 X |2020 Skedsmokorset | sv...@jernhuset.no / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 | | sv...@stillbilde.net ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 ribbon |System Admin | svein-listm...@stillbilde.net Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 +-------------------+------------------------------- |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 |sv...@jernhuset.no | RIPE handle: SS16503-RIPE - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- If you really are in a hurry, mail me at svein-mob...@stillbilde.net This mailbox goes directly to my cellphone and is checked even when I'm not in front of my computer. - ------------------------------------------------------------ Picture Gallery: https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ - ------------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuX92kACgkQSBMQn1jNM7Y+7QCfZx1Nt9qOsnCvOkwnmbXq5Ql5 AS4AoIS+m9F4r9Eowh7tXQK8IYS/N1lr =/kwT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss