Re: [ARSCLIST] Looking for LTO Help

[John Spencer <js@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert and Tony,

We use LTO in our daily workflow in all of our offices (LA/ NYC/  
Nashville), and have been for over 6 years. I'd be happy to answer any  
questions you may have. Unfortunately I realized my email address for  
the ARSC list serve does not represent my current address (jspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
). Let me know if I can answer any questions for either of you, either  
off-line or on.

I guess now it is time to figure out how to unsubscribe and re- 
subscribe with my proper email address!!

Best,
John

John Spencer
BMS/ Chace LLC
1801 8th Ave. S.  Suite 200
Nashville, TN 37203
office (615) 385-1251
fax (615) 385-0153
email: jspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxx
web: www.bmschace.com



On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Wasserman, Robert A - WHS wrote:

> Since we are in a similar situation here, at least myself, if not  
> others
> on this list too, I would also like to know experiences both good and
> bad about LTO tape backup and anyone who has had to retrieve digital
> audio files from LTO. It is possible in the near future we may lose  
> our
> server space( both by internal politics and/or physical breakdown)
> before we can get access to a new server and only have LTO as our
> backup, so this is very important information for us. Thanks for any
> help on this subject.
>
> Robert Wasserman
> Sound Archives- Audio Specialist
> Wisconsin Historical Society
> 816 State St. Room 438
> Madison, WI 53706
> 608-264-6473
> Robert.Wasserman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.wisconsinhistory.org
> Collecting, Preserving and Sharing Stories Since 1846
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of anthony_tadey
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:26 PM
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Looking for LTO Help
>
> We are looking to steeping up our Digital file preservation system.
> Currently we are at the multiple server and NAS level.  We are growing
> at a
> large rate and we think it may be time to start looking at other
> options.
> We are looking for an In-house managed system.
> We are strongly considering adding an LTO or other tape backup  
> format to
> the
> system.
> Is anyone who has experience with LTOs or other tape backup formats
> willing
> to share there knowledge with us?
> Please contact off list, I will be passing you along to our  
> collections
> manager/ IT / programmer.
>
> If there are others who have interest in what we decided to do, I will
> be
> happy to write a little something up about what we finally do and  
> about
> our
> reasoning.
>
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
>
> Tony Tadey
> Audio Specialist - Electronic Library
> Baylor University