22 Jul
2018
22 Jul
'18
11:06 a.m.
thus DDS4, LTO2, DLT: which is the best tape?
2018-07-22 18:11 GMT+02:00 Jon Elson via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>:
On 07/22/2018 10:52 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 07/22/2018 06:33 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Half-inch open-reel tape at 1600 PE density. Should be good for 50
years at least.
Well, you are one of the experts in this, but it all depends on storage
conditions. Also, the extended-length tapes were too thin, and suffered
from creasing and print-through. Badly stored, and you can kiss your data
goodbye in less than 5 years.
Jon On Jul 21, 2018, at 3:25 PM, Carlo Pisani via
cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
...
and what about magnetic-tapes? (e.g. DDS4, DLT, LTO2)
which of them lasts for the most?
I don't know specifically. I do know that plain old audio tapes may fail
-- I have perhaps 100 cassettes recorded in the 1970s. Most of them are
fine, but essentially all of them that are Fuji brand have failed utterly.