On Friday 17 December 2010 10:36:47 Philipp Überbacher wrote: > I guess it really depends on what you try to achieve. Afaik the average > life-span of a HD is puny 2 years. From what I heard the magnetic tapes > used by for example ESA a long time ago have a life-span of 80 years. If > 'store it good and forget' is what you're after then tape seems like a > good idea.
If you want long-time storage of information, the only thing that has proven stable so far is (micro-)film or print to paper (with laser-printer). Its no use when the tape holds the information for 80 years when the drives and connected hardware are obsolete and out-of-production after max of 20 years... Have fun, Arnold
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