thus DDS4, LTO2, DLT: which is the best tape?
2018-07-22 18:11 GMT+02:00 Jon Elson via cctalk <[email protected]>: > On 07/22/2018 10:52 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> >> On 07/22/2018 06:33 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 21, 2018, at 3:25 PM, Carlo Pisani via cctalk >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> ... >>>> and what about magnetic-tapes? (e.g. DDS4, DLT, LTO2) >>>> >>>> which of them lasts for the most? >>> >>> I don't know specifically. I do know that plain old audio tapes may fail >>> -- I have perhaps 100 cassettes recorded in the 1970s. Most of them are >>> fine, but essentially all of them that are Fuji brand have failed utterly. >> >> Half-inch open-reel tape at 1600 PE density. Should be good for 50 >> years at least. >> >> > Well, you are one of the experts in this, but it all depends on storage > conditions. Also, the extended-length tapes were too thin, and suffered > from creasing and print-through. Badly stored, and you can kiss your data > goodbye in less than 5 years. > > Jon
