Re: Backup on Linux [DVD?]

[Jonathan Byrne <j-byrne@example.com>]

Jonathan Shore (jshore@example.com) wrote:

> I'm actually a bit concerned with the lifetime of tapes.  Had a DAT drive
> some years ago and found the tape lifetime to be abismal.  In that sense I

We use DAT for backups here, I use one at home, and we also have one
on the TLUG server, and tape failures have proven uncommon.  We've
only had one go bad on the TLUG server in a year and a half, and
experience on other drives has been similar.

What kind of tape life did you experience?

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