Backups [was Re: Is tape dead?]

Enough repeated material over time just in case but yes,at one point random did . BACK UPS on backups ?on backups in my cases. Of course if one orig source file is bad from 10 years ago ?the backups of said file are eckky too. ?I await the dvds made of stone stuff I like to stash backups off site scattered about the country too. Geographical diversity is great... az though saver than calif ...earthquakes. ..and safer than areas with floods and huricanes.. I guess it is all a roll of the dice ?though. .. ?but just do it lots and cast it far and wide. I have no only museum stuff to worry ?about but also the news service stuff we do.....Ed# www.smecc.orgSent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> Date: 09/16/2015 11:20 AM (GMT-07:00) To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Backups [was Re: Is tape dead?] On 9/16/15 11:15 AM, couryhouse wrote: ever verified them?