I don't check the DVDs/CDs very often, but I occasionally pull a few
out and test them. Since the entire library is replicated several
times on different media, I check the hard drives as the primary
archive repository.
This is one of the major advantages of using large capacity hard
drives. Every month or so, I run a verification on the entire library
to ensure that no problems have developed. It's a small process that
runs a file system verify and a file by file checksum against the
last known good, runs in background or overnight as I sleep. I do the
two current repository drives on separate nights, one per night.
To do this with hundreds of Gbytes worth of data distributed over
many CD or DVD media platters would be a nightmare.
Godfrey
On Jan 4, 2006, at 10:40 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Godfrey,
Have you checked your backups? Sorriest fellow I met at work had 1
1/2 years of tape back-ups that he couldn't read. Seems that he had
some problems writing the back-ups. Since then, I like to test what
I've backed up.
Regards, Bob S.
