Yes, film output is common practice. Film kept in the right conditions of temperature and humidity can last 200 years; this is called passive storage. Otherwise the digital files have to be constantly copied, called active storage. The average life span of a hard drive is 6-7 years.
One way to manage your files is to set up a RAID array in which the files are constantly being backed up across several drives with redundancy. In the eventuality that one drive fails, you can swap in a fresh drive and the data will be reconstructed. But it is a good idea to have two of these mirrored, and in separate locations! An easy system to set up is a Synology Diskstation, a unit the size of a toaster, with slots for 2, 4, 6 or 8 drives of any size. - Pip Chodorov > On Sep 12, 2022, at 5:03 AM, Albert Alcoz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can it be an option to transfer the digital video file to 35mm or 16mm film? > I heard this process is common in commercial fiction feature films that have > currently been recorded digitally in order to preserve work without relying > on hard drives. > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 7:39 PM Philip Jozef Brubaker > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > For all of you who work with digital video, can you recommend a storage > method to keep those files alive (as long as you are?) External hard drives > will fail after several years. Other than continually moving a zipped file > from one old drive to a new one, is there a better way to store and preserve > your digital work for the long-term? >
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