Personally I just back everything up to DVD (used to
be CD) and make two copies (one stored in my office
nad one at home). As for longevity... I have the
expectation that I will have to transfer my images in
5 years to the newest disk medium (AKA blue laser
disks in a few years). This is a cheap and reliable
solution.
Now I was looking into ultra reliable long term
storage at one point and price no object the best
storage medium is Magnito/Optical drives. The 5 1/4
disks are an industry standard and they have a shelf
life of 50+ years. The problem is they can cost
upwards to 10x the price of DVD-R(W).
--- David Zaninovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I hope you have another 4x 120GB hard drives for
> backup. :)
> > > I have two 160GB drives, one for data and
> another one for backup of the first
> > > one.
> > Wouldn't it be easier to have Raid Level 1 array
> instead? In case of failure
> > of one of the disks, you just replace faulty one.
>
> That does not cover you in case of lightning strike,
> virus, power supply failure that can sometimes
> destroy everything in the box or
> if you accidentally delete the files from the disk.
> I keep the backup disk in the removable drawer and I
> remove it after the backup
> from the machine. You could even put it in the
> fireproof safe if you want.
>
>
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Jamie Walling
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