On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:13 PM, aussieshepsrock <[email protected]> wrote:
> Query! - As someone who has definitely experienced the loss of data in > hd failure, optical disc failure/damage, floppy/zip failure, and video > tape decay. I wonder how something as fragile as 'Tapes' can be > advocated over high grade opticals for my application. A 'corporate' > structure and funding can create a viability for corporate data > storage on tapes, but it seems quite expensive and effort intensive to > keep the tapes viable and quite actively replacing tapes over time. > This isn't Liberty Mutual Insurance with billions on the line and the > millions to support the project! It's just us - the ward family - and > large segments of our family are barely middle class and none are rich > financially :-). Myself, I'm coping with multiple illnesses and only > made a few thousand dollars last year! :-) > > ______________________________________________________ I understand your dilemma but assure you tapes kept away from EMF damage in a rather stable environment are still considered to outlast CD/DVDs which undergo their own kinds of material deterioration. Old 40 and 60 GB tape cartridges and the drive to use them are in a backroom somewhere as forgotten technology waiting to be given away to someone. I am not saying this is best for you but the old stuff is out there, hardly used in many cases and still viable. They were designed for long term archiving from the start. No one much cared about that with CDs as they are so convenient. Keeping disks in controlled environments is important too. especially regarding sunlight. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
