- Transport the tapes in the proper orientation.
which is?
- The tapes should be read and re-tensioned twice a year.
Anyone know if Iron Mountain, or someone similar, will perform this
service on archived tapes?
thanks
danno
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Dan Pritts
ICPSR Computing & Network Services
University of Mic
Dean,
Both Justin and Jeff make good points. If you are required to use tape,
the specifications for _optimum_ LTO tape life include things like:
- The operational environment must be kept at the specified temperature and
humidity.
- The tape storage environment must be kept at the speci
We’ve used Iron Mountain for years and they’ve never had this requirement. We
use the “transports” (their boxes) to put multiple tapes in without the
original plastic cases after ejects.The return tapes come back in the same
kind of transports. Within the last year or so IM seems to have
Hello Dean,
I have specific experience in this space. If the tapes are stored in clean
environments and are not dropped or damaged, I have restored data up to 4-5
years old (.. the data was from 2005-which was restored in 2009-2010)
without a problem.
If you have cross-site backups between
Hi folks.
The place I have recently started working at have a requirement that all
monthly backup tapes are sent offsite to a secure storage location (similar
to Iron Mountain), and remain there forever. I know... I hate a backup
system being used as an archive system, but that's the way it is, fo
