22 Jul
2018
22 Jul
'18
6:47 p.m.
On 07/22/2018 06:34 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
On premises has the exact same problem as tape. You
must have a refresh plan. That?s the advantage of off prem, you don?t have to worry about
refresh.
I don't exactly follow you. In the case of a specific example for NASA
and its vendors a given mission may involve tens of thousands of tapes.
When a mission concludes, tapes are usually bundled off to a warehouse
and then later junked. There's no money in the mission budget for
preservation ad perpetuum.
--Chuck