zip (was: Re: Disk archival techniques)

[Jim Leonard]

On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 10:55:37AM -0700, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
>  We then have a library with the one key.

There are billions of .ZIP files.  I don't think we're going to "lose
the key" any time soon.

>  Maybe I'm just thinking a little beyond where you are at. Extra
> levels are not good. I can't find a way to make it any clearer
> than that.
>  If you've ever spent some time actually recovering corrupted
> data you'd understand.

You're assuming I haven't.  And besides, in my RAR example,
recovering corrupted data is actually easier than raw data due to
the use of ECC embedded in the archive.  So while you're struggling
for days trying to make sense of mangled flux reversals on some
disk/tape somewhere, I will simply read what I can and ECC the rest
in 30 seconds.
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