| Steve Litt via plug on 31 May 2023 18:58:54 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Blog: John Goerzen: Recommendations for Tools for Backing Up and Archiving to Removable Media |
Martin Cracauer via plug said on Tue, 30 May 2023 15:48:20 -0400 >JP Vossen via plug wrote on Tue, May 30, 2023 at 03:22:14PM -0400: >> Very topical, Bacula comes up. >> https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10500-recommendations-for-tools-for-backing-up-and-archiving-to-removable-media >> > >Every time I read about backups and archives I am glad that I still >also use tape. Quite a few people see it as the longest lasting >common backup medium, better than HDs. If you have mechanical failure >with the tape system you just use a new drive and chances are the >medium is unaffected. If you have mechanical failure with HDs you are >generally cut off from the medium. > >Anybody else on tape? I assume Rich is and I would be interested in a >talk about bacula. I've had good experience with 9 track reel to reel like they use on mainframes and minis (like PDP11), assuming they're recorded and played back by high quality vacuum-tensioning drives. Trouble is, they don't store enough data for modern day usage. In my experience other types of tapes or drives are write-only devices. The big reason I never use tapes is that five, ten or twenty years from now, I might not be able to procure a compatible tape drive when the current one breaks, and boom, all my tapes are museum pieces. I once wrote about this: http://troubleshooters.com/lpm/200208/200208.htm#_backup_principles SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2022 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug