On 8/16/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Evenutally, a tape system will probably be more economical. > > The jury is still out on data longevity of CDs and DVDs. Tape > is known to have 20+year longevity. OTOH, obtaining a drive > capable of reading a 20 year old tape may be problematical. We keep a standalone tape drive in the same fireproof vault as our tapes. Ditto for the offsites. -- Ben Steeves _ bcs@xxxxxxxxxx The ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) ben.steeves@xxxxxxxxx against HTML e-mail X GPG ID: 0xB3EBF1D9 http://www.metacon.ca/bcs / \ Yahoo Messenger: ben_steeves
