Driver for Overland tape library

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
>> On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Man-wai CHANG wrote:
>>>> No, it need not be tapes.  Backups should be:
>>>> 1.  performed regularly (depending on how often files on the system may change)
>>>> 2.  be kept off-site  (that means not in the same building -- some big
>>>> companies like Fedex, etc., will have two data sites, one with
>>>> accounting data, one with tracking data, and back up between the two
>>>> sites -- located in two different states).
>>> At home, I am using 2 harddisk to back up everything. I use them
>>> alternatively. For more critical data, I keep a copy on DVD-RW.
>>>
>>> Tapes require special storage facilities, or they would be oxidized(?).
>>
>> On which planet is this?
>>
>
> This planet.  He's confusing the general deterioration of the adhesion
> of the magnetic oxide on the tape with the fact that the stuff on the
> tape is already oxidized, but magnetic tape does deteriorate.  Ask any
> audio recording studio in LA where they put tape that they expected to
> have usable 10 years down the road.  I can personally attest to the
> oxide layer literally falling off the backing of old tape when taken out
> of the vault and run through the transport.

Exactly.  The tape is already oxidized.  The problem is deterioriation 
over time due to age, not oxidation.


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