The general rule of thumb is to keep three copies of all data on two different forms of media and one copy off-site.
Tapes are a really attractive option for at least one of those two forms of media. They're cheap, secure, simple, and resilient to degradation.
Tapes are a really attractive option for at least one of those two forms of media. They're cheap, secure, simple, and resilient to degradation.
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Sam (ABeardedPanda)
YOU DID WHAT?
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Bitcoins that are now worth $751M
And 12 yrs later he still wants to dig up the landfill where the hard drive ended up
DOGE is that kind of stupid
Happy snapping
Do you think Google has backups for their cloud storage
Think like a business
(Joke)
I worked for insurance companies in mainframe IT. We had a fixed schedule for backups in another time zone.
You couldn't make this stupidity up😢
Like, wtf
I had my own 3084Q running DOS/VSE 👍
I remember the old robots 🤣
or, how about some old burrows equipment? with stackable hard drives? you know, the burrows stuff you buy off the back of a truck 😉
the world is held together with spit and bailing wire
3:OP>
That's a frightening phrase.
To place your records order, dial 202-867-5309. Foreign governments and spammers of all kinds welcome.
*strains neck rolling eyes*
The old Retrospect slogan[1]: "In order to move forwards it is first necessary to back up." 3:O)>
[1] From memory, may have been corrupted over time.
I meant either one of those two!
The point of two is that it is not just one thing for both.
I'm going to leave it for now and assume you know what two means. But yikes.
[1] and a mechanical teleprinter will also do it.
- Was the conversion done in-house or outsourced?
- If outsourced, which company did the work?
- Was the conversion verified as accurate and if so, how and by who?
- How long did it take?
- What happened to the original magnetic tapes?