> > At 4:34 PM -0500 1/5/2009, John Callahan wrote: >> It seems from this excellent interchange that for long term storage >> tape is the longest lasting. > > yes, but... The tape market is undergoing big changes, format, > interface etc. I think the built-in obsolescence is very limiting. > At least in the DVD market, backwards compatibility will let you read > the discs for years to come. > >> What is the life of 35 mm slides? > > I've got some taken in the late 1960s that still look sharp/crisp > with good color. > >> I have some ten thousand of them that I have been scanning and >> burning to discs. Upsetting to learn of the failure of disc storage. > > Multiple copies / backups. Burned DVDs and HDs, kept in different > locations.
yes, yes, yes! that's the plan here at work. lacie big5 network drive(set as RAID5) for live storage of archived images, plus DVDs stored in a filing room with a second copy stored off site (at my house). current active images that not yet archived(no more than one weeks work) are stored on each local machine where it was shot (I work in a photo studio) as well as on an xserve RAID that is set up with two RAID5 arrays that are mirrored(RAID1) As well for general data(filemaker, websites, email, accounting) each server clones it's self to a second drive nightly and to a third drive weekly that's also stored at my house. Lastly office machines are backed up via retrospect nightly, which is backed up to a drive I take home monthly. My own personal photos are on our home computer, plus DVDs and I also have them stored on an xserve RAID here at work as well (shhhh don't tell ;) ) eventually I'll burn duplicate DVDs to store in a safe deposit box, only 17 disks right now so it doesn't take up too much space. Quicken data is backed up on a local drive and to my .mac account. iTunes purchases are also burned to DVD, those are just stored at home. if my house burns down I won't be loosing sleep over the loss of those, it's just backed up for when the computer's HDD fails(and you know it will someday). My concern is where to store my actual photographs and negatives, those take up a decent amount of space and are not exactly fire resistant. copying and storing data is a breeze comparatively. -sam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
