There is Error Correcting Code to help recover each block. Up from Parity to detect errors on 7 and 9 bit tapes. Recommendation is to duplicate each tape.
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Rob Schramm <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there such a thing as RAID S tape storage? Thus helping to ensure data > integrity in the face of a tape loss? > > Of course managing tape dsn churn would be a challenge.. but big data says > keep it all. :-) > > Rob Schramm > On May 19, 2014 4:32 PM, "Ed Finnell" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Topic drift alert! We had a PhD candidate come in to Help Desk in >> tears(circa 1986). She was typing her dissertation on her PC and storing >> each >> chapter on a floppy then pinning to fridge with kitchen magnet. >> They were sent off for recovery but only got a portion back. >> >> Some of the new rare earth magnets are so strong you can't break them >> apart. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium_magnet >> >> >> In a message dated 5/19/2014 3:55:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> IBM, Fujifilm squeeze more terabytes out of tape storage; Summary: IBM's >> advance means a standard tape cartridge could store 154 terabytes of >> uncompressed data. >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
