I have trouble realising that I myself do age. My mirror tells me that I do, and I don't have a backup ;-) All you and others do tell me does sound logic. But is this real threats in let us say a 3-5 year perspective? Within this time I will probably need more disk space, so I'll change the drive anyway.
Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian.) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -----Original Message----- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27. juli 2005 03:12 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Storing digital images (Was: RAW file processing) the heads rest on an air bearing when running. when not, they are resting on the drive. there may be a small amount of lubricant present. that ages, bearings fail, etc. stiction isn't the problem it used to be, but it still happens. magnetic media itself fades after a while and needs periodic renewal. it's not every year, but every 5 years would not be a bad idea. more important than any of this though is that hard drives are going up in capacity faster than Moore's Law and people who author content are relying on it. that's why i have a 1.1TB drive array for my photos and use 500GB backup drives. i have about 370GB in use. once you have that much storage, backup to DVDs is pretty much useless. archiving would work, except i don't trust DVD media yet. Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Øsleby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:51 PM Subject: Storing digital images (Was: RAW file processing) >I don't get this. A normal HD does age. That I do understand. They do spin > at 7200rpm. But does a disconnected external drive age?
