Re:Sony and Panasonic announce the Archival Disc format
by beagle3 on Monday March 10, 2014 @11:47PM
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> Any sane archiving plan will read old tapes "before it's too late" (yes, I know, I know) and re-archive them.
That's true. In fact, any sane archiving/backup plan REQUIRES that you regularly verify the integrity of the data, preferably by restoring -- and refreshing that data onto new media "before it's too late". That is true for both tapes and drives.
That's true. In fact, any sane archiving/backup plan REQUIRES that you regularly verify the integrity of the data, preferably by restoring -- and refreshing that data onto new media "before it's too late". That is true for both tapes and drives.