Reliable storage medium?
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:36 pm
Good Day Endgame people,
I was just mulling around the crazy idea of putting all the Sixes on DVD's simply as a reliable backup. Yeah, I know... Crazy. But just thinking about it, it would take 267 or so single-sided and single-layer discs (red lasers). But let's just say it was done using good quality media, like those Toshi Yuden (spelling?) disks that alot of people say are the best. How long would they last, given cool storage conditions?
On the other hand, it would be a lot easier to buy an extra 1.5 TB drive and use that as a backup. However, I have heard somewhere that using a hard drive for a backup isn't extremely reliable, since hard drives have wear and tear simply by using them. I have a question about this.
What if you had a hard drive used *only* for backup. That is you burn your tablebases to it once, and you pack the thing away in an anti-static bag, keep it cool, and take better care of it than your heart and diet. Would the data on the hard drive be expected to last about as long as a burned DVD? Or a bit less?
Mark
I was just mulling around the crazy idea of putting all the Sixes on DVD's simply as a reliable backup. Yeah, I know... Crazy. But just thinking about it, it would take 267 or so single-sided and single-layer discs (red lasers). But let's just say it was done using good quality media, like those Toshi Yuden (spelling?) disks that alot of people say are the best. How long would they last, given cool storage conditions?
On the other hand, it would be a lot easier to buy an extra 1.5 TB drive and use that as a backup. However, I have heard somewhere that using a hard drive for a backup isn't extremely reliable, since hard drives have wear and tear simply by using them. I have a question about this.
What if you had a hard drive used *only* for backup. That is you burn your tablebases to it once, and you pack the thing away in an anti-static bag, keep it cool, and take better care of it than your heart and diet. Would the data on the hard drive be expected to last about as long as a burned DVD? Or a bit less?
Mark