Dave Stevens wrote:
your thought? tests? reviews?
I don't like USB drives for backup (not quite the same, I know) because
their contents are too easily lost by sloppy handling, system errors or
just plain confusion.
I lost the contents of one a while ago, the partition table got lost.
I've no idea how, but it happened I had another, identical, so I copied
the first sector, very carefully indeed, with dd from the good one to
the crook one.
Another question you need to ask is "How long do I want this?" If you
say, "20 years," then think back to popular backup media from 20 years ago.
VHS tape?
DAT?
DDC
I have some open-reel 9-track tapes from 30 years ago. I don't know
whether they're readable, nor that anyone has a drive capable of reading
them.
In the early 80s, I had two NEC APCs, one had a 10 Mbyte hard disk. They
used 8" floppies. Seen an 8" floppy disk drive recently? Before that, I
had assorted 5.25" drives with capacity from 90k to 800k. I don't think
I have a drive for 5.25" disks of any capacity, though I have some disks,
I also have some orphaned MO disks.
Clay tablets are the great survivors.
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Cheers
John
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