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Re: [ARSCLIST] Longevity (was ARSCLIST Digest - 18 Aug 2008 to 19 Aug 2008 (#2008-226)
At 10:19 AM 2008-08-20, Jerry Hartke wrote:
Store-and-forget just does not work.
And...while that was the model in the analog days, we are seeing that
while it worked reasonably well short-term, it is not working well
long term for analog due to:
--physical carrier degradation
--limited options for new/refurbished reproducers
--damage to/deterioration of the magnetic record.
And...we might also suggest that even if the storage model is robust
(many will argue it isn't), access is slow and costly.
Cheers,
Richard
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