• @rabber@lemmy.ca
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    182 days ago

    My sysadmin professor told me to not learn about tape backups because they are going away soon

    Like 3 years later ransomware was invented

    • @nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      tape backups are definitely still a thing. it’s one of the cheapest ways to store a shitload of data for a long time

      • @rabber@lemmy.ca
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        31 day ago

        I spend a portion every day removing tapes, shipping them offsite and inserting new tapes

        Annoying but must be done

    • Idk you can only ‘learn’ them if you have one and even the shittiest tape drive I could find as a consumer doesn’t help me at all with a tape library. We have our tape admin (=our architect) who we thank god every day for because we didn’t have to bother with it. Now he’s retiring this year… F

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        2 days ago

        I went to a trades school which offered IT computer systems as a 2 year diploma. Fast track to a job back in the early 2010s. That path would never get you into IT today lol

        The specific class I mentioned was windows system administration