From: wb@freebie.xs4all.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Subject: [TUHS] Irwin 285
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:00:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100121210020.GK25687@freebie.xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100121204429.GH9956@bitmover.com>
Quoting Larry McVoy, who wrote on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:44:29PM -0800 ..
> > > Ok I'm rambling, I'll stop, but tapes died for a reason!
> >
> > Well, for a lot of customers they are still very real. More for archiving
> > than for backups in some cases. I personally trust *good* tape technology
> > more than el-cheapo bit SATA drives (SATAn drives as one of my colleagues
> > likes to call them when they are causing grief).
>
> Disks are much higher volume and are forced to be reliable "enough".
Hehe... as someone who had to explain to a customer that 2500+ drives
needed replacing due to a manufacturing defect don't tell me anything about
"reliable enough".. Those were FC drives by the way.
> If you aren't backing up with a crc then you are doing it wrong.
True, but CRC does not buy you much if the media are fubared enough to be
largely unreadable.
> If you want archive, write it to dvd or bluray and pull them out and
> rewrite every 5 years.
At least. Have multiple copies of the same data. Use different media
vendors for those copies. Added bonus for using different media writer
drives. Store under controlled conditions, esp temp &
moisture. DVD & BR are basically consumer electronics stuff, so use ample
caution.
Wilko
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-21 21:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-21 10:26 Sergey Lapin
2010-01-21 10:51 ` Brantley Coile
2010-01-21 11:19 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-01-21 11:32 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-21 12:07 ` Sergey Lapin
2010-01-21 12:37 ` Jason Stevens
2010-01-21 13:02 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-21 16:50 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-01-21 17:11 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-01-21 17:37 ` M. Warner Losh
2010-01-21 17:41 ` Sergey Lapin
2010-01-21 19:00 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-01-21 19:10 ` Al Kossow
2010-01-21 19:36 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-01-21 19:41 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-21 19:45 ` John Cowan
2010-01-21 18:59 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-21 19:48 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-01-21 19:56 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-21 19:58 ` Larry McVoy
2010-01-21 20:00 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-21 20:11 ` Larry McVoy
2010-01-21 20:26 ` Jason Stevens
2010-01-21 20:41 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-21 20:44 ` Larry McVoy
2010-01-21 21:00 ` Wilko Bulte [this message]
2010-01-21 21:01 ` Larry McVoy
2010-01-21 21:36 ` lyricalnanoha
2010-01-21 22:15 ` Larry McVoy
2010-01-21 22:22 ` M. Warner Losh
2010-01-22 9:14 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-01-22 9:34 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-22 10:15 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-01-22 10:46 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-22 11:06 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-01-22 11:12 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-22 15:38 ` Larry McVoy
2010-01-22 16:52 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-01-22 16:55 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-21 20:46 ` Jason Stevens
2010-01-21 22:15 ` Aaron J. Grier
2010-01-21 22:57 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-21 20:36 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-21 20:44 ` Corey Lindsly
2010-01-21 21:45 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-22 0:36 ` [TUHS] Backup software (was: Irwin 285) Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2010-01-22 0:48 ` Jason Stevens
2010-01-28 20:27 ` Brad Spencer
2010-02-12 17:03 ` Tim Bradshaw
2010-02-15 1:19 ` [TUHS] dump(8) compatibility (was: Backup software (was: Irwin 285)) Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2010-02-15 1:24 ` Jason Stevens
2010-02-15 1:30 ` [TUHS] dump(8) compatibility M. Warner Losh
2010-02-15 2:27 ` Larry McVoy
2010-02-15 5:05 ` Warner Losh
2010-02-15 5:18 ` Jason Stevens
2010-01-21 20:33 ` [TUHS] Irwin 285 Jochen Kunz
2010-01-21 20:44 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-21 20:47 ` Larry McVoy
2010-01-22 9:23 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-01-22 9:32 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-01-22 0:38 ` [TUHS] Tape backups? (was: Irwin 285) Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2010-01-21 20:18 ` [TUHS] Irwin 285 Jochen Kunz
2010-01-21 12:05 ` Andrzej Popielewicz
2010-01-21 12:12 ` Sergey Lapin
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