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Re: [ARSCLIST] Hard disk drives and DAT
--- Lauren Sorensen <laurens@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Any recommendations on the HDD front, in terms of preferred brands,
> characteristics to look out for, and so on?
I'm not sure that a hard disk sitting on a shelf will be any more
reliable than the gold CD-ROMs. There are a whole lot of electronics
and moving parts to go bad in a disk drive, and in many respects
they are more susceptible to environmental problems (everything
from flooding to being dropped) than CDs. I'd suggest a linear
tape format like DLT or LTO.
David Breneman david_breneman@xxxxxxxxx
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