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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: What O/S or hardware feature would be useful for databases?
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In response to Re: What O/S or hardware feature would be useful for databases?  ("Andrej Ricnik-Bay" <andrej.groups@gmail.com>)
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"Andrej Ricnik-Bay" <andrej.groups@gmail.com> writes:
> On 7/4/07, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>> "Enterprise-level" tapes can sit in storage for 7-15 years and then
>> still be readable.  Can a disk drive sit un-used for 7 years?  Would
>> the motor freeze up?  Will we still be able to connect SATA drives
>> in 7 years?

> Same with a tape-drive, no?

Uh, no, because the tape is removable.

            regards, tom lane

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