Another vote for Ari and Paul. If you want to store digital files, go with RAID storage. Kodak has an interesting approach using "analog devices"!!! I might find the reference for you, if one of our colleagues does not come up with it earlier. Best, Gabriela Torres UDLAP
On 2/12/07, Paul Marty <marty at fsu.edu> wrote: > I would like to second Ari's point as well. > > There is almost no reason to use optical media for storage anymore. > > Go with the live RAID storage. If you cannot afford that, you can buy > several external HDs for pennies a GB. The important point is to keep > your data live. > > If you are storing your digital images on DVD, you are as good as > throwing them away -- not because of their life-span, but because of > the difficulty of keeping up with future data migration needs. > > Best, --Paul > > -------------- > Paul F. Marty, Ph.D. (marty at fsu.edu) > Assistant Professor, College of Information > Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-2100 > http://info.fsu.edu/~pmarty > > > On Feb 12, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Jeffrey Evans wrote: > > > Susan, Yes, media can fail anytime so it is always a good idea to > > have two > > copies (preferably on two types of media.) Lifespan beyond 10 > > years is > > pointless anyway because you will most likely want to take > > advantage of > > bigger and speedier and cheaper storage devices. Don't sweat it, keep > > moving. > > > > JEFF > > > > Jeffrey Evans > > Digital Imaging Specialist > > Princeton University Art Museum > > (609) 258-8579 > > > > > > > > > > On 2/12/07 10:18 AM, "Ari Davidow" <aridavidow at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> There is _no_ assured lifetime for optical media (DVD, CD). There > >> are claims > >> that "archival quality" media last for 100 years. There is also > >> experiential > >> evidence that this is not so. Optical media may fail > >> catastrophically at any > >> time (although the odds are that a given platter will last for > >> many years). > >> If you use optical media for archival purposes, you need to be > >> created > >> multiple copies, and also need a fairly rigorous program to test > >> each copy > >> regularly (at least once a year) to look for degradation. > >> > >> Faced with this headache, we have opted for live RAID storage, with > >> additional off-site live storage--we are currently looking at > >> Amazon's S3, > >> as well as at a newer service, carbonite.com. Ultimately, we hope > >> to work > >> with a few geographically-distributed partners to back up each > >> other's work, > >> but don't yet feel that we have the experience or knowledge to be > >> confident > >> that we're ready to do that. > >> > >> ari > >> > >> On 2/12/07, Susan Fishman-Armstrong <sfishman at westga.edu> wrote: > >>> > >>> A couple of conservation questions: > >>> > >>> Our laboratory director came to me last week. He is starting to > >>> digitize > >>> his old maps on DVDs. > >>> > >>> He ran across some information that said that the lifetime of > >>> DVDs is only > >>> 5 > >>> years. Is that true? > >>> If so, what is the estimated lifespan of the gold plated DVDs? > >>> Finally, is the lifespan of DVDs shorter than CDs? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Susan > >>> > >>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >>> Susan Fishman-Armstrong > >>> Laboratory Coordinator > >>> Antonio J. 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