Topic: Using Hard Drives AND Optical Media to Store The Scans I have been focusing on Optical Media (CDR or DVDR) as a storage medium For budgetary reasons and the need to distribute this 'Data Set' to a minimum of 10 people and probably 20 or more if I present and package the idea well. My Time and Talent is Free and willfully given! but fiscally this project is on a tightrope!
I think I've buttoned down that with the benefit of multiple copies and geographical dispersion my use of Optical Media as a primary 'publishing' medium is going to be pretty valid. Good burning practices, well chosen media, and testing will make for good 'statistical' duplication of the data set - I'll be butressing this by having Each Set of Opticals well Packaged to protect from Physical Damage and Especially LIGHT Protected because while the 'science' of how archival Optical CD/DVD Options are is still limited, Visible Light is a Fast Acting Disc Killer by any measure. I am now giving thoughts to Hard Drives and their place in this project. I had already planned to retain a 'living' copy of this collection in my possession on both a Hard Drive and at least 2 optical copies each on both cd & dvd respectively (optical copies total). It has become apparent that for not very much 'real' money a Hard Drive copy of this can also be dispersed to interested family members for them to store with the opticals. I think a few tech savvier of them could be convinced to buy in to the idea. I need to work some numbers and prices on that front. Please Remember I intend to give a 'hold and keep' copy to people and a jpeg based 'user' copy to people that ought to fit on one dvd-r or a CDr or two with no problem. :-) A careful jpeg conversion of the tiff's should make for roughly a 90% reduction of file size based on my initial tests. This makes the files more user friendly and providing them ought to keep people out of the 'big ole set of TIFF Discs' and unused opticals are the longest living opticals! I am also thinking about the longer term expansion of this project via the scanning of various other family members photos in some manner and 'adding' their files to the archive. I'm hoping this collection might start something bigger, but the best way of making something bigger to come of it is to get this 'small start' done, done right, and well liked and loved. Good will and established successes are easier to 'sell' than thoughts, theories, and hopes! :-) Richard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
