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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!bofh.dot!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.serv.net!not-for-mail From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Tape Backup Options Date: 20 May 1996 21:35:37 -0700 Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4nrh6p$irf@itchy.serv.net> References: <4n5l94$rqq@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <4nb2d0$20d@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4nppqk$941@access1.digex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: itchy.serv.net In article <4nppqk$941@access1.digex.net>, >>Even DAT is called crap by many people... > >It may be useful for backups, but I wouldn't want to have to depend >upon it for long-term storage - I'd much rather use 9-tack magtapes. >The same goes for those little tiny 3-1/2" microfloppies - they're not >as dependable as 8" floppies. It appears that newer technology is >more about having new-fangled gadgetry, that is as small as possible, >not reliability or durability. I can't tell if this is sarcastic or not ; you're advocating putting 6G of data on 6250 BPI magtapes? Personally, I've never had a 4mm fail. (DEC tlz04) -- Sean T. Lamont, President / CEO, Abstract Software (ServNet) - Internet access * WWW hosting * TCP/IP * UNIX * NEXTSTEP * WWW Development - email: lamont@abstractsoft.com WWW: http://www.serv.net "...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson