Very good point. In my world, long term storage is 12-24 months. After that, the projects we work on are totally out of date, and replaced by newer campaigns.
On Jul 28, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Erik Goldoff wrote: > One thing to keep in mind for ‘long term’ archival is tape format > and drive availability. > On older tapes I’d had problems reading from a newer but ‘downward > read-only’ compatible drive, as head alignment can become an issue. > With removable hard drives, the heads ( and their alignment) go with > the platters. > > Not saying which is safer, I’m not qualified to state a fact there. > But I am presenting an opinion to think about a bit more. > > Erik Goldoff > IT Consultant > Systems, Networks, & Security > ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' > From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:er...@forestpost.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:24 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Tape vs. external drive reliability? > > *sorry for the hijack* > > You bring up an interesting point with the failure rate issue. Are > there any good studies on what is more reliable? Tape, external > drives, etc? > > My current weekly backup is around 2TB as well, and I use an LTO > library with 6 slots. 3 tapes covers my weekly full, and nightly > differentials. So far, so good. (Knock on wood...) > > What is safer for long term archival purposes? Tape or hard drive? > > On Jul 28, 2010, at 10:13 AM, Sam Cayze wrote: > > > > Eric Brouwer IT Manager www.forestpost.com er...@forestpost.com 248.855.4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
