I really don't see what issues people have with tape. A properly maintained and executed tape backup is great.
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 5:17 AM, Thane Sherrington <[email protected]> wrote: > At 04:36 AM 10/03/2011, Stan Zaske wrote: >> >> How many hundreds of millions have been spent by people on backup software >> that doesn't work? Even the free stuff is crap! Get another hardrive and a >> USB thumb drive to duplicate your irreplaceable data. Backup software is >> just another scam. The federal government itself can't backup >> irreplaceable historical data because old formats die and fail to get >> transfered to new formats. History is being lost as we speak. Multiple >> copies work and that is the best way to keep from losing it all. > > I rather agree. I've dealt with a lot of backup software that just doesn't > work properly. The one that has been best for me as been Retrospect. I'm > now looking for software that will back up to the cloud, but that seem > tricky to find a good one as well. > > T > >
