[list] [ale] Need advice on home back-up solution

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

David Corbin wrote:

>>>Tapes are not really very good long-term storage.  I often run into
>>>trouble trying to read a tape that wasn't "just written".
>>
>>Define 'just written'?
> 
> 
> Anything older than a week, is not "just written".  Mind you, this is over the 
> course of many years of working with tapes, but not recently.  And I'm not 
> saying the majority, just that it happens often enough.


I would say that if you've got tapes that don't last more than a week, 
you've got a lousy tapes or some other problem.  I've re-read tapes that 
were over a year old.  Tape failure within a couple weeks just shouldn't 
happen.

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