-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 18.03.2010 10:31, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Svein Skogen <sv...@stillbilde.net> wrote: > >> Please, don't compare proper backup drives to that rotating head >> non-standard catastrophy... DDS was (in)famous for being a delayed-fuse >> tape-shredder. > > DDS was a WOM (write only memory) type device. It did not report write errors > and it had many read errors.
Kind of like /dev/null. And about as useful in a restore situation. //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/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuh83MACgkQSBMQn1jNM7bvrwCfUoIwu+YO8tfvb/mfSW063Wst jK0AoIhFdKig2bZd3RSOyEgTPTN3YNng =Gf9R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss