When 4mm Drives Eat Tapes

[Jules Richardson]

Al Kossow wrote:
> Anyone who has historically significant data on tape should get it OFF of
> that media as quickly as possible and onto something that is more easy to
> migrate in the future.

DLT [tapes] and drives seem to be holding up pretty well. Quarter inch tapes 
seem to be pretty good, but the drives are becoming a problem.

As for DAT... I wouldn't touch it any more. Too many bad experiences.

Others, such as open-reel, I don't know about.

I'd certainly trust DLT more than I would home-burned optical media (CD or 
DVD) though.