General interest photos are stored on a hard drive and backed up to DVD.
Important photos are stored on two hard drives and backed up to two DVDs. It's
convenient and adequate for my needs. I burn DVDs on a regular basis while
doing something else. That way it doesn't become a burden.
Paul
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From: Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>
> Dear gang,
>
> I discovered the "need more storage" thread just now, by looking in the
> archives. Long term storage is a hot topic among my friends over here
> at the moment, but nobody seems to have any "best practice" to point
> to.
>
> "Nobody" includes me too :-) but I would very much like to establish
> a good practice for myself.
>
> So by googling, and some thinking, I've come down to a list of things to
> consider. I'm not sure if this is a good list to go by, and would very much
> like to hear some opinions:
>
> 1. Longevity of storage medium (Hard-drive, DVD, etc.)
> 2. Longevity of the technology used to access the medium (USB, SCSI, etc.)
> 3. Longevity of software support for the chosen file format (RAW, TIFF, etc.)
>
> Then there is:
> 4. Data safeguarding (backup routines etc.)
> 5. Data availability (access time to a file)
> 6. Production volume (number of exposures and edit-files)
> 7. Convenience
> 8. Cost (both time and money)
>
> By any measure, a solution to cover all this points will be a trade-off
> between several of them. Convenience and longevity pull in the same
> direction, for example, while cost pulls the other way.
>
> So what do you think? And how do you store your precious moments?
>
> Thanks for your thoughts,
> Jostein
>
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