Re: Backup devices

[Uncle George <gatgul voicenet com>]

"accelerated testing" ? I saw the 30 year claim ( for those $79 tapes which is
approx tha price of an 8gig IDE drive). exactly where does it say that anyone
tested it at all? I'd love to see the media last that long, so long as the  drive
& circuit technology also lasts some 30 years ( fat chance huh - probably also be
too slow for my grand-kids, should they like to look at some 25 year old data
:-/).
gat

Maurice Hilarius wrote:

> With regards to your message at 10:54 AM 1/4/00 -0500, Uncle George. Where
> you stated:
> >Tell me, how long do the data on the tapes last ? 1 year, 5, 10, 25 years ?  |
> >are these drives just short term backup devices. ?
> >signed
> >     afraid to look at my 8" floppies !
> General "rule of thumb":
>  the newer digital tape formats like DLT, AIT, and Ecrix are a more
> advanced technology, with more data redundancy, and their manufacturers
> have claimed longer shelf life ( as much as 30 yrs.) Obviously none of them
> are actually this old, so the claims are based on "accelerated testing
> procedures".