Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]what's the best (okay, most economical) form of large storage these days- say in the 200/400/600gb range? thanks tim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Brian Reid > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 5:20 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Film is Archival > > > > > > But what will you backup these 400 GB to? > > To make a safe backup you should pick a storage medium that is > mainstream, popular, uses a widely publicized or standard > encoding, and is as universal as possible. > > I would make an archival backup of 400GB from a G4 by buying two > 200GB FireWire hard drives, copying the data to them in some > archival format (such as gtar or /bin/dump), wrapping them in > plastic, and padding, putting them into a fireproof box, and > making a note that 5 years from now I should copy them to a new medium. > > The most common failure of digital archiving techniques is the > use of a medium or protocol that is proprietary or insufficiently > commercial. What will save you is to use the most mainstream > commercial technology possible. Disks that are unplugged and > packed against vibration and kept from extremes of temperature > will last a very long time. > > However, it is unlikely that you really need an *archival* backup > of all 400GB, so you could maybe get by with one FireWire 200. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html