Exactly, Remember a couple of years ago when hardly anyone had dvd burners? Can you imagine how much data and on how small a storage media is going to exist even 5 years from now! Not to mention how fast these writers will be. I imagine we will be able to write everthing we have ever done on a few discs at lightning speed and make as many copies as we want. Now whether we will even want to preserve that information is another story. The other day I had an old floppy lying around and someone asked me, "what is that for". Having said that there are plenty of cd brands that shouldn't be used at all in my opinion, such as Staples, Office Depot and the like. I've seen some cds wear out in a couple of weeks. John --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "r.tugwell@a..." < r.tugwell@a...> wrote: > This is purely a personal solution that suits my "Archival" needs. It's not > intended to be a contribution to the "Archival Question". > > I don't see why an archive needs to be something that is created once and > then kept for ever and ever. Just keep replacing the disks, copying to > larger disks, new technology etc. The only criteria is that something > originating in 2005 is available in 2105 > > > > > <html><body> > > > > > > <tt> > > Richard writes:<BR> > > <BR> > > > Every night I synchronise the 2 S-ATA drives. In 15 years I have only > had<BR> > > > one hard disk failure, but I'm not taking any chances. In future I > might do<BR> > > > a network copy in case the PC catches fire. I live in Switzerland, so I > have<BR> > > > a nuclear shelter in the basement, and I may copy to a removable disk > and<BR> > > > put it in there - just in case.<BR> > > <BR> > > Yes. The major weakness with your current set-up is that you have > both<BR> > > disks in the same physical location--if the PC is destroyed by fire, > you<BR> > > lose everything, no matter how reliable the disks.<BR> > > <BR> > > If one or both disks were removable, you could synchronize them daily< BR> > > and then remove one and put it in a safe place. This would be just as< BR> > > good as any other form of backup.<BR> > > <BR> > > The other question is: How do you archive? For archives, you need > simple<BR> > > media that will last a long, long time, and complete disk drives are > not<BR> > > in that category (also, they are much too expensive for archives).<BR> > > <BR> > > > If I run out of space, I'll buy more, bigger hard drives. If hard drive > file<BR> > > > formats or hardware look in danger of becoming obsolete, I'll buy the > new<BR> > > > stuff and copy it. Better than copying 10000 CDs. Before I die, I'll > tell my<BR> > > > family to ensure future generations do the same ;)<BR> > > <BR> > > At some point, you need to archive somehow. Disks will not grow<BR> > > infinitely in size (as it is, they are already among the<BR> > > slowest-developing parts of computers).<BR> > > <BR> > > <BR> > > </tt> > > > > <br><br> > > <tt> > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources > as they are often being updated.<BR> > > <BR> > > <a > href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint">http:// gro > ups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint</a><BR> > > <BR> > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to > unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same > page.<BR> > > <BR> > > Please follow these basic guidelines:<BR> > > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to > keep them short.<BR> > > - Good manners are required at all time. 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Re: [Digital BW] Archiving digital
2005-03-18 by john dean