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klodolph
on June 14, 2021
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The future of data storage is still magnetic tape ...
Which is great, until the heads wear out. I would hesitate to buy a used drive unless the heads have been replaced, especially since LTO-4 is about 14 years old at this point.
bombcar
on June 14, 2021
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Good point - and to be really secure you should have two drives - write on one and read back and verify on the other.
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