> "Steve" == Steve VanDevender writes:
Steve> Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) writes:
>> So print the entire contents of every backup on paper and store the
>> paper offsite in a waterproof, fireproof box. ;-)
Steve> If you don't spring for the more expensive acid-free paper,
Steve> though, you'
i have no experience with hard drives being stored unpowered for a long time
and then re-energised.
but i do have significant experience with tape.
in particular, i have done exactly what jack talked about.
that is, i wrote a few thousand tapes carefully
(that is, i wrote them with application-lev
On Thu, 4 Dec 2014, Bill Bogstad wrote:
Unfortunately I don't have performance statistics for hard drive media...
Which is what I think you're actually seeking...
Yeah, that really is what I want. Without performance statistics, it
is impossible to
know if I would need to keep copies on on
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Jack Coats wrote:
>
>
> Archival grade DVDs seem to have a 50 year 'sure life'. Magnetic media
> (thinking tapes, 5 years, and reel tapes need to be 'exercised' annually to
> extend their lives). 'Flash' media like memory sticks need to be
> 'refreshed' by pluggi
Back in the early days of home computing (think '70s), Byte magazine pushed
'paper bytes'. A way to print bar codes on full sheets of paper that could
be scanned back in easily (even by light pen, one bit at a time). Their
idea (pre-internet) was to use it to allow publishing of both binary and
s
On 2014/12/04 21:28, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) wrote:
>> From: berg...@merctech.com [mailto:berg...@merctech.com]
>>
>> My biggest concern about the longevity of disk drives for off-line storage
>> would be mechanical. A disk drive has a fair number of moving parts,
>> which have been designed t
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 11:47 PM, Andrew Hume wrote:
> thats not relevant here.
> the issue you really mean is the interface,
> and it will likely be safe that scsi/sata will still be around.
>
> i would be more doubtful that USB-2 would still be around,
> but its still pretty likely.
> firewire mi
