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Now you just need to find a drive that still works in 40 years, and can connect to a computer you have in 40 years. LTO drives will only read media from 1 gener
by sigio 2y ago
Now you just need to find a drive that still works in 40 years, and can connect to a computer you have in 40 years.
LTO drives will only read media from 1 generation off the specified version (LTO 9 will read LTO 8 tapes, not LTO-7)
So you will need a 40 year old drive by then... good luck finding one that works.
- UltraSane 2y agoIf you really need to read data from a 40 year old tape you must also store a computer able to read the tape. Most companies with large LTO archives migrate tape from generation to generation, sometimes skipping one. That is why LTO drives can read/write back one gen while they can only read 2 gens back. BUT LTO is the most common tape format by a LOT so it is pretty likely that even 40 years from today there will be drives that can read LTO7,8,9