[pmmail-list] Backup Strategy [OT]

[Richard Grevers]

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:12:58 -0800 (PST), Steve Wendt wrote:


>
>I'm not sure Zip and Jaz belong in the "reliable" category.  MO and CDR
>may not be quite so "long-term" if you believe the circulated stories.
>
Having had a Zip drive replaced I'd agree. I'd also count them out as 
being incredibly slow with lots of small files (such as mailboxes or 
messages).
For the strategy outlined, "long term" isn't that much of an issue, since 
80% of the media will be wiped and rewritten weekly. You have to look at 
how many times a CD-RW can be re-used before it becmes unreliable, but 
the cost of rewriteables is fast heading towards "negligible".
In fact is there *any* storage medium for electronic data which has truly 
been established as "long term"?

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