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David & Masako Bellwood (blwd@home.com)
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 11:58:48 -0800
No-one ever discusses the durability of backup media in the computer
mags - but my sad experiences have led me to discard TR-x tapes after
I've ticked their labels 40 times. That's it and out they go.
David Bellwood
Kevin Chu wrote:
>
> Jay Thorne wrote:
>
> > Here's a note for the list: You don't have a _real_ backup until you've
> > tried to recover a file off your tapes or done a verify. Its not a backup
> > until you can read it....
>
> For what it's worth, I've restored files off my backups, to undo user
> errors. And, BRU does a complete verify after every backup. That, and
> there is some sort of error checking inherent in the way the data is
> written onto the tape (I think), that makes BRU better than tar. Or,
> that's what EST would have you believe. Anyway, BRU has an easy to
> use GUI. :)
>
> Kevin
>
> --
> Kevin Chu kevin@portal.ca
> http://members.tripod.com/~super_kevin/
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