very good point. add to that climate control, and that would add up to quite a bit of maintanance. imo, dvd/tapes backup is just that -- for disaster recovery. it has to be done, yes, but it's kinda low priority (since true disasters are kinda low probability events). since the hard drives are dirt cheap right now, just having a few redundant copies (preferrably on different computers) should be OK. check their health (automatically) periodically, and they'll live forever.
personaly, i am paranoid and i keep a copy of all stuff that matters off-site (out of country), online. that way, even if NYC is nuked, i will still have pictures of sashkas's first birthday at hand (if i have any hands left at that time). best, mishka On 4/27/06, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 27 Apr 2006 at 23:41, Kevin Waterson wrote: > > > This one time, at band camp, Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > "Nobody" includes me too :-) but I would very much like to establish > > > a good practice for myself. > > > > I keep all my negatives in nice safe box. > > Is it hermetically sealed and what's the fire rating? > > > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http:/home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > >
