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From: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
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Subject: Re: RAID backup
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Once upon a time, Dr. David Alan Gilbert <gilbertd@treblig.org> said:
>As for stored media, I think Maxtor are quoting
>1M hours MTTF - (I hate to think how you measure such a figure) - for
>the 320G, and that is probably longer than I'd trust either the tape or
>the drive to survive.

DLT tapes are rated for a 30 year shelf life - I would not expect the
shelf life of a hard drive to be more than a few years due to
"stiction".
-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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