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Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying
The music industry traded tape for hard drives and got a hard-earned lesson.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/music-industrys-1990s-hard-drives-like-all-hdds-are-dying/

#MusicIndustry #HardDrives #DataArchiving #Entropy #Storage #Failure #DataLoss #IronMountain #RobertKoszela #Mix #DigitalAudioWorkstations #MagneticTape #SSDs #FloppyDisks #LinearTapeOpen

Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying

The music industry traded tape for hard drives and got a hard-earned lesson.

Ars Technica
AlexanderJul 2, 2024
Das #Backup läuft. Zweites Medium ✅ Was für ein Abenteuer mit einem #Bandlaufwerk. Laufwerk und den #Datenkassette|n sind massig schwer und sehr robust. 😄
#Homelab #LTO #Tape #LinearTapeOpen #Ultrium #LTO6 #EnterpriseHardware #Hardware #Storage #Archive #Datenträger #321Backup
genstar.serviceFeb 9, 2024

Where can one buy LTO drives and tapes in the USA besides Amazon?

I'm considering buying one and have a friend of mom who lives in the US bring it here.

#LTO #Tape #Backup #LinearTapeOpen #LTOUltrium #Ultrium #Tapes #DataHoarder #TapeDrives #LTODrives #TapeDrive #LTODrive #LinearTapeOpenUltrium #LTOUltriumDrive

someoddJan 9, 2024
I enjoy making #archives with #LinearTapeOpen. I recommend it.
someoddJan 4, 2024

I'm #archiving using #lto6 #tape.

I feel like I learned how to use tape for archival more effectively.

#LinearTapeOpen