Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I meant "serious home use". For me to save photos in uncompressed TIFF (for relatively quick access), 4.7 Gig holds what ? about 200-250 images ? That's good but not all that great. That's from a 6Mpix DSLR (so 18Mbytes per image, in 8-bit color). It's much worse if you scan in high resolution, especially for medium and large formats. So I easily generate that much data. The real question is how much of that stuff is really worth keeping ? - - Phong Dan C wrote: > External hard drives for serious home use? What kind of home generates > that much data? One DVD holds 4.7 Gig. You consider that tiny > for home use? > > I used to have external drives made by Iomega. I still have 4 of their > cartridges here, each holding a *mammoth* 90meg of data. The > computers and > with the Bernoulli drives capable of reading these disks are long gone, > making them completely unreadable. > > How long in the future can current hard disks be viable? And what is the > life expectancy of a harddrive sitting in storage? I can't believe that > an organization interested in archiving priceless data would rely on > mechanical media. > > dan c. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html