Show threadKevin Karhan Nov 27, 2024

@apicultor @alterelefant @Heidi Again, that's the minimum spec.

  • Most flash will retain data longer, and also 101 weeks is almost two years and I think that any decent #backup system should've turned around said Flash by then at least once.

#VerifyYourBackups and #TestYourBackups applies to EVERY MEDIA...

  • I'd also not blindly trust on the 20+ year lifetime claims for #LTO #tapes..

And if you want to see #flash rated for #archival use, there are already such disks as part of #Tandberg's #RDX lineup - which is basically an overpriced proprietary HDD & SSD cartridge system.

whistlDec 30, 2022

Friends, do yourself a favor, and double check your computer backups.

Once again I discovered a server whose backups started failing a long time ago, and I never noticed. The server whose backups were failing was, ironically, my backups server. It has GB of disk space, so I use it for Time Machine and also to store my mini-servers backups files. Doh!

#backups #duplicity #verifyyourbackups #trustbutverify #backups