When it comes to moving data from one unit to another, the Ethernet
technology will probably outlast any of the other alternatives, like
USB or FireWire. However, if you want to establish a network file
server with good redundancy against hardware failure, it will cost you
a lot more than the equivalent amount of storage in DVDs.
I get the impression that people with high annual production of photos
favour fault-tolerant, network based harddisk solutions, and that
people with low production look more towards DVDs or single disk
drives attached through USB or FireWire. Also, I imagine that network
based solutions require more interest in computer technology.
However, I think also that my impressions so far are based on too
small a pool of experience. :-)
Jostein
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From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?
See my other reply. You make new backup copies as new media becomes
available. That is the reason for using a fileserver as your main
repository. Such a server is not necessarily that expensive. And
older computer that you may already have around the house, an IDE
raid controller, a couple of big hard drives, and a UPS. Network it
to your workstations and/or laptops and you are in business. The
images are there online and reasonably safe, at least far safer than
if you just have them on a USB drive. If new backup media becomes
available you just back up the whole image file to that and toss the
DVD's. In the unlikely case of both mirrored drives crashing at the
same time you restore the system from the backup media.
Anyone who thinks there is a once and forever computer archive
scheme out there is deluding themselves.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf
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Jostein wrote:
Very interesting indeed. Long-life media is a good start.
If even the minimum estimate of 80 years holds, media lifetime will
not be the
limiting factor.
Second question: Will there be any CD-R readers to go round in 80
years from
now? Personal computers have been with us for 25 years, and we've
already passed
through several generations of storage media that can no longer be
read by
mainstream computers.
Jostein
Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
This looks interesting:
http://www.imaginginfo.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=1641
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