Re: backup compress on the fly

[Ron Johnson <ronnyjunior@comcast.net>]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 15:53:50 -0700 (PDT)
Alvin Oga <aoga@mail.Linux-Consulting.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Mike McCarty wrote:
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> > The point is that, if there is an error, all the CRCs in the
> > world won't put the data back together again. If one uses
> 
> crc or ecc ??
> 
> most "large capacity" drives uses ECC which does support error
> correction at least in the firmware and tape controllers to read
> the data off the tape ..

You're right, ECC.