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On 08/09/2016 04:15 PM, James Knott via talk wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On 08/09/2016 04:12 PM, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I've given up on the use of tape. I use external hard drives for backup.
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You should always back up with tar to 9 track tape stands, the way the
computer gods intended. ;-)
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<tt>And keep your audio recordings on 1" reel to reel
instrumentation recorders like we did at Digital Recording.</tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt>On 4mm backups.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>There was a customer who used a 4mm backup and backed up
every night.</tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt>The one thing someone forgot to tell them was to replace
the tapes.</tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt>After about 4 years the disk failed.</tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt>The tapes were transparent.</tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt>Guess how this story ended?</tt><br>
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