-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/04/08 10:23, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 09:56:19PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> 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. >> > > Right. What about things of great sentimental value? E.g. family > photos? What about financial records? Sure 7 GB is chickenfeed. It > fits on one DVD. However, to put that on the shelf, what to use to make > it last?
Chickenfeed is still important... to chickens. So I wasn't trying to denigrate your 7GB of important data, but to express that, in today's world, tape would be a radically cost- inefficient means of storing only 7GB. [snip] >> >> If a reputable archival company like Iron Mountain offers on-line >> storage, then I'd encrypt it and drop it on their servers. > > So how do they store it? If they're just going to drop it onto a hard > drive and forget about it, how is that different than me putting it on 2 > hard drives: one on a backup server that runs so that hard drive errors > show up; one in an external case that gets a fresh backup put on it > every month or so and goes to the bank's safety deposit box? Or, if > they're just going to archive it in a tape library, how is that > different than me putting it on a tape and putting that in the bank? Nothing... except expertise. It's their *job* to monitor the SAN, replacing failed disks, taking backups, etc. - -- 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) iD8DBQFHfnUVS9HxQb37XmcRAgxvAKCq1DUMhrtydW2qd7eh4zMwP4ntFQCg2rxY p4MFO2nGprsiWZlbRMDn7HE= =+8qV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]