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<blockquote data-quote="tech3475" data-source="post: 10394259" data-attributes="member: 183014"><p>Excluding retro stuff e.g. Amiga, DOS, etc. I was reliant on them until the early-mid 00s for file transfers because they were a near universal standard. </p><p></p><p>It wasn't until I got USB flash drives and broadband/LAN that switching away became practical. </p><p></p><p>Funnily enough though, the oldest from new piece of computer hardware I still own and use is the FDD from my family's original 486 PC. </p><p></p><p>That said, even for my retro stuff I've started to shift over to Goteks.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tape is still in use, at least in some commercial environments, an LTO 6 tape can potentially hold 6TB of compressed data and only cost £40.....unfortunately the drives cost allot more so ROI does play a part.</p><p></p><p>I considered going down this route for offline backups, but I decided against because of the potential issues e.g. reliability, ensuring I do backups, etc. </p><p></p><p>Fun fact though, back in the mid 00s I knew of one company which was contractually/legally required to keep a library of open reel tapes. You know those vertical column drives you see in old TV shows/films/museums? They were only just getting rid of them....having replaced them with newer tray loading ones. </p><p></p><p>They even had multiple silos filled with tapes because they were used for site to site backups, because their dedicated fibre connection was too slow compared to these 1TB tapes driven their by courier. </p><p></p><p>At my retail job, we only ditched daily backups to DAT tape about 4 years ago (some ancient POS UNIX software). </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Want to know why the Windows Format Utility is limited to 32GB for FAT32? Because the guy who wrote it only had a 16MB memory card and figured it was enough for NT 4.0's lifetime.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]bikbJPI-7Kg[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tech3475, post: 10394259, member: 183014"] Excluding retro stuff e.g. Amiga, DOS, etc. I was reliant on them until the early-mid 00s for file transfers because they were a near universal standard. It wasn't until I got USB flash drives and broadband/LAN that switching away became practical. Funnily enough though, the oldest from new piece of computer hardware I still own and use is the FDD from my family's original 486 PC. That said, even for my retro stuff I've started to shift over to Goteks. Tape is still in use, at least in some commercial environments, an LTO 6 tape can potentially hold 6TB of compressed data and only cost £40.....unfortunately the drives cost allot more so ROI does play a part. I considered going down this route for offline backups, but I decided against because of the potential issues e.g. reliability, ensuring I do backups, etc. Fun fact though, back in the mid 00s I knew of one company which was contractually/legally required to keep a library of open reel tapes. You know those vertical column drives you see in old TV shows/films/museums? They were only just getting rid of them....having replaced them with newer tray loading ones. They even had multiple silos filled with tapes because they were used for site to site backups, because their dedicated fibre connection was too slow compared to these 1TB tapes driven their by courier. At my retail job, we only ditched daily backups to DAT tape about 4 years ago (some ancient POS UNIX software). Want to know why the Windows Format Utility is limited to 32GB for FAT32? Because the guy who wrote it only had a 16MB memory card and figured it was enough for NT 4.0's lifetime. [MEDIA=youtube]bikbJPI-7Kg[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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