On 7/14/07, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, July 14, 2007 9:06 am, Mark Schoonover wrote: > Archiving to CDR/DVD is also problematic. Where I work, we archived data > to > CDR about 4 years ago, and on some of these disks, we couldn't read them > any > longer. They were stored in a zipped up holder, inside a library like > room. > No sunlight could get to them. We ended up copying ~450 CDRs back to > drives. > Yeah, I know. But having data two places beats having it one place. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer
I agree, just an FYI about long term archiving on CDR/DVD-R. It's an interesting problem. Long term storage of digital information. Not just photos, but other files too. Where I work, we have a bunch of files from the XY Write days. Nothing around that can read that format. Luckily, they're very basic binary files, and the text can easily be read. What's going to happen in 20 years when we need to read a Word95 doc? -- Mark Schoonover, CMDBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://marksitblog.blogspot.com Cell: 619-368-0099 Database Administration * System Engineering * Software Development * -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
