top | item 44968951 (no title) meepmorp | 6 months ago Aren't LTO formats only backward compatible with the immediate prior version? discuss order hn newest UltraSane|6 months ago They can write to one version back and read two version back. for really long term data storage you have to also store the read/write hardware. Dylan16807|6 months ago By the time it's hard to get a compatible LTO drive, I'd be very suspicious of a mothballed drive working either. If you want reliable long term storage you're going to have to update it every couple decades.
UltraSane|6 months ago They can write to one version back and read two version back. for really long term data storage you have to also store the read/write hardware. Dylan16807|6 months ago By the time it's hard to get a compatible LTO drive, I'd be very suspicious of a mothballed drive working either. If you want reliable long term storage you're going to have to update it every couple decades.
Dylan16807|6 months ago By the time it's hard to get a compatible LTO drive, I'd be very suspicious of a mothballed drive working either. If you want reliable long term storage you're going to have to update it every couple decades.
UltraSane|6 months ago
Dylan16807|6 months ago