Digital BW, The Print

A commercial Photographer friend is using this setup. It is 
interesting.

http://www.drobo.com/products.aspx

John H

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis W. 
Manasco" <dmanasco@...> wrote:
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> At 1:22 AM -0700 8/5/07, Chris Wong wrote:
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> >Or archive with one of the many online archive services. Then, you
> >don't have to deal with the slow and cumbersome CD/DVD media.
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> That's right!
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> You don't have to make "cumbersome" copies.
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> _If_ you believe your online "archive service" will remain in 
> business indefinitely.
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> But:
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> You _do_ have to worry about whether your "online archive service" 
> will be in business five years from now.
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> And where their servers' hard disks will wind up after the 
inevitable 
> bankruptcy.
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> Not to worry:
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> They'll probably be shredded during the standard asset-transfer.
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> There was an article about this in last week's Wall Street Journal.
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> The author was lucky, but that doesn't mean that everyone stupid 
> enough to trust their only copies of their photos (or albums) to an 
> online service will be as lucky.
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> Back up to CD or DVD.
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> Make refreshed copies at least once a year.
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> When new technology comes out migrate, and make more yearly copies.
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> (Anyone got any important files on 8" floppies? Or maybe your 
choice 
> was 5-1/4" DOS, or 3-1/2" MFM 400Ks, or even twiggies? No? Maybe 
your 
> choice was Zip {can anyone read 800K any more?}, or cassette tape, 
or 
> SCSI HD with a Centronics connector, or even an HD with 25-pin 
SCSI, 
> or...)
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> NEVER trust the medium -->  Backups cannot be static.
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> Always refresh.
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> Always use the newest proven media.
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> Always keep multiple copies in different locations.
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> Never trust anyone else's hard disk.
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> Especially the hard disks of a company far far away that may go out 
> of business and destroy your photos when they nuke their servers 
HDs 
> with an industrial "media shredder."
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> -=-Dennis
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