[lug] hard drive failure

[Nate Duehr]

On Oct 2, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Sean Reifschneider wrote:

> On 10/02/2009 10:29 AM, Matt James wrote:
>> Last couple of people I have recommended this type of solution to  
>> have
>> not done it because of the shear cost involved.  You have to come to
>
> Yeah, data recovery places are great: They know that when you call  
> them
> they have you by the danglies, and they aren't afraid to charge for  
> it.

Bwahaha... loved that line, Sean.  Making me laugh here, early on a  
Saturday.

> They were right, had the tape been compressed by something like "tar  
> cf / |
> bzip2 >/dev/rst0", we would have been hosed.  So remember kids: For  
> maximum
> recoverability compress the files individually and then archive  
> them.  This
> applies just as well to CDs or DVDs as it does to tape.

Good advice.

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