Depends what level of raid you use. Len ---
-----Original Message----- From: Alan Abbott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 1:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Digital vs.FILM: will digital cameras lose the war? >I keep my images on a RAID system, so individual disk life is a non issue. >Any critical data is handled this way. Think about all the >companies/institutions/etc. that need to keep data for long peroids of time. >There are systems to do this, and the data is 100% preserved. We had a saying, 'To keep data for a few months, use DAT/DLT' 'to keep data for a few years, USE optical' 'To keep data for longer use Paper!' Alan

