Le 29 nov. 03, � 23:26, Bill Martin a �crit :
WHY would you ever want to erase archived storage media, (CD or DVD)?? The cost of GOOD, high-quality, bulk Writeable CD's is down below 80� US. The cost of writeable DVD's of high-quality is dropping dramatically, practically by the day.
AGAIN....I reiterate: redundant magnetic media is great for backups.
You want to write ARCHIVES to the closest thing you can find to granite.
Right now, that is CD or DVD media.
Like it or not.
I need to erase my pictures because editing is a long run task (I am a stock photographer).
I need to have my picts on hand.
Because a Capture One user needs to update the settings of the processed picts.
Because I an currently living in a 15 m2 room and I have not space enough to store too much.
Because CD are too small for archiving the picts I could intend to archive.
Because DVD are not protected from scratches and I should need to backup the archives or archive them.
Because DVD are currently too under the Murphy law.
Because I don't trust the plastic stuff where the DVD could be stored (getting old, plastic produce chlorine).
Because using as much databases as I could need to manage the backup, the archives and so others is a hassle.
Because I use to live dangerously.
Because archive on DVD is time and processor consuming.
With careful and under further considerations, unless I will change my mind, with all due respect to your background and your current experience, I actually forgo to archive (and I tell you this not using caps) and will keep my picts on a backup device.
Cheers.
Fernand Ivaldi
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