Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > * Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote: > >>The problem with disks is you still have to archive them somewhere, and >>they are bulky. I also dont know what studies are available on the >>degradation of stored disk media over time. > > > Not sure about that; DLT tapes are pretty bulky themselves; I think the > difference between say a set of 4 DLT tapes and a single Maxtor 320 in > caddy would be minimal. As for stored media, I think Maxtor are quoting > 1M hours MTTF - (I hate to think how you measure such a figure) - for > the 320G, and that is probably longer than I'd trust either the tape or > the drive to survive. i DO seriously doubt that this figure includes removing the drive, stuffing it in a siutcase or similar, loading on a truck/car/bike and unloading at a remote site. Regards, L. -- Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it Service Delivery Manager Communication Media & Services S.r.l. Via A. Modigliani 1 - MILANO - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
