虚拟磁带自数字计算机时代曙光初现，数据的长期储存和备份就一直是由磁带这个单一的重要介质担纲。
Since the dawn of the digital computer age, long-term data storage and backup have been the province of a single primary medium: magnetic tape.
硬盘从来不是为了长期储存数据而使用的媒介，这一工具从未接受过类似CD光盘之类的测试以估计其使用寿命。
Hard drives were never intended for long-term storage, so they have not been subjected to the kind of tests used to estimate the lifetimes of formats like CDs.
如果我们找到了长期储存数字化信息的方法，那么接下来要解决的问题便是我们应该保存哪些重要的数据，以及如何保证信息的安全，并且使人类方便地辨认出这些信息。
If we did have a way to store digital data long-term, the next question would be what to preserve, and how to keep it safe but easily discoverable.
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