could you recover data from a tape made on a Colorado Backup portable drive that had only Windows 95 drivers ever written

That brings up an interesting point about storage.... do tapes even reliably store data that long? Even cdroms and DVDs, are being critisized for failling after only a few short years ( even though they are touted to last 100's of years). It would seem to me, that with that sort of "30 year requirement", that there should be a organization-wide "data storage standard format" (with simple error recovery methods), and a tested medium to put it on. Something like everything must be dumped to XML before written to some high quality medium, which will be stored in a temp-controlled, lead-lined vault.

That is a good "breaucratic solution" because it involves alot of new staff, paperwork, and funds. :-)

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In reply to Re: Teams, Personalities, and Getting the Job Done by zentara
in thread Teams, Personalities, and Getting the Job Done by samizdat

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