Re: strategy to prove backups are good -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: strategy to prove backups are good
From: "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 08:13:44 -0700
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On 4/20/25 2:02 PM, Patrik Schindler wrote:
. . .

For decades, tape drives employ read-after-write verification.. . .

Never knew that, but it doesn't surprise me. Back in the era of U-Matic and Betacam tape, broadcast VCRs had what was called "instant confidence," an extra set of video heads that would provide a low-grade black-and-white signal, a fraction of a second behind real time.

Butting out now.

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JHHL

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