Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-06 Thread Len Boyle
PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO for long term archiving Here here. I'll reiterate: the data must be stored in the lowest common denominator format. No databases, no strange and wondrous binary formats. Simple text is the best. That's why microfiche is still us

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-06 Thread Len Boyle
ashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/27/179205&art_pos=2 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/business-computing/27disk.html?_r=1 -Original Message- From: Len Boyle Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 4:49 PM To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager Subject: RE: LTO for long term archiving Over ten y

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-06 Thread Kelly Lipp
8777 x7105 www.storserver.com -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Kauffman, Tom Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 7:38 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO for long term archiving Soapbox time. The media is not important

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-06 Thread Daniel Sparrman
able to read it, and there is probably not gonna be anyone around that was there when the app was written ;) Best Regards Daniel Sparrman From: "Kauffman, Tom" To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 2009-05-06 15:37 Subject: Re: LTO for long term archiving Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager&q

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-06 Thread Kauffman, Tom
May 05, 2009 5:34 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: LTO for long term archiving > > I truly doubt that archiving drives, servers and tapes for 25 years > each > time the technology updates will let you read the tapes because the > drive and server will probably not e

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-05 Thread Steven Harris
M.MARIST.EDU Dist Stor cc Manager" Re: [ADSM-L] LTO for long term archiving 06/05/2009 07:34 AM Please respond to &

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-05 Thread Evans, Bill
lly Lipp Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:42 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO for long term archiving I like the implication, but I'm pretty sure somebody actually thought being able to read the information would have been a good idea. Kelly Lipp CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkt

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-05 Thread Schneider, John
mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Huebschman, George J. Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 3:25 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO for long term archiving Does anyone have 25 year old tape media or tape drives around? Will you stil be able to use LTOx media in 25 years? -Origin

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-05 Thread Kelly Lipp
Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Remco Post Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 2:39 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO for long term archiving I do agree, having the tapedrives around _could_ be important. I know of at least one environment that was ab

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-05 Thread Remco Post
, 2009 4:11 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] LTO for long term archiving I work for a large hospital. I have been asked to investigate possible configurations for archiving something between a few hundred terabytes and a petabyte of data for 25 years. This would be clinical records that w

AW: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-05 Thread Stefan Reichle
Huebschman, George J." [gjhuebsch...@lmus.leggmason.com] Gesendet: 05.05.2009 16:25 AST An: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Betreff: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO for long term archiving Does anyone have 25 year old tape media or tape drives around? Will you stil be able to use LTOx media in 25 years? -Original Me

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-05 Thread Kelly Lipp
VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO for long term archiving Does anyone have 25 year old tape media or tape drives around? Will you stil be able to use LTOx media in 25 years? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Denier Sent: T

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-05 Thread Huebschman, George J.
Subject: [ADSM-L] LTO for long term archiving I work for a large hospital. I have been asked to investigate possible configurations for archiving something between a few hundred terabytes and a petabyte of data for 25 years. This would be clinical records that we need to keep in case of a malpractice

Re: LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-05 Thread Remco Post
On May 5, 2009, at 22:10 , Thomas Denier wrote: As far as I can tell, the most expensive part of such a configuration is the media, and LTO media will cost about a third as much as the most economical MagStar media (extended length 3592 volumes read and written with TS1130 drives). With th

LTO for long term archiving

2009-05-05 Thread Thomas Denier
I work for a large hospital. I have been asked to investigate possible configurations for archiving something between a few hundred terabytes and a petabyte of data for 25 years. This would be clinical records that we need to keep in case of a malpractice suit. The retention period is 25 years beca