Re: tlug: CD-R under Linux

["Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com>]

>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull <turnbull@example.com> writes:

>>>>> "jb" == Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com> writes:
    jb> And tape is?  DAT is less likely to have an error, but tape is
    jb> not perfect.  How far from 100% did they think MO was?


    Stephen> I'm also reluctant to trust stuff that's mostly used in
    Stephen> Japan, like MO and Panasonic PD.  I don't know anybody
    Stephen> here at Tsukuba that I can trust for advice about this
    Stephen> kind of thing; the hard core people at the main CC and
    Stephen> the admin database use redundant tape backups on DAT
    Stephen> drives (eg) that cost more than any of my workstations,

I have had no end of problems with DAT drives and tapes. Good'ol 8mm
Exabytes are what I rely on...

Andy

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