I find this opinion to be common among those that haven't used LTO. LTO rocks, end statement.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Backup Software > > 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 > > > >
