I agree with the process of backing up to tape but this is my question…
What if the client doesn’t want to spend the extra money on the tape back up. Mind you I am talking about the time during the edit not archiving afterwards. So what happens in your opinion if the drive fails and there isn’t a back up of the media. Of course there would be a back up of the project somewhere but not all the TBs of media, that would have to re loaded in. Who would be resposible for the recovery process. The facility that is owner of the machines or the client who put there faith in the machines?
Do you believe they need to sign a waiver when the decline the back up that takes liability off of the facility?