And, IMHO one should also verify the data is properly recorded on the copies and that the recovery process (software/hardware) works.
I see a half dozen or so major data/information losses each year where the backup process is executed flawlessly -- or nearly so, but the data is lost due to inadequate testing the recovery process. Otis Wright Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Have more than one copy. Keep the original in one place, perhaps off in > a safe deposit box, and make two or three backup copies, keeping one on > your hard disk, another on tape, and a third on a CD. Keep them all in > different places. > > Oliver Raymond wrote: > > > What happens to the digital shooter when their hard disk crashes? When their > > CD gets scratched? > > > > Why? As a professional IT dude (apologies - i'm a MUCH better photographer), > > I would have thought a big old DLT 70GB tape would do.. (i do a little > > scanning once in a while) until I lost the tape drive, and several tapes due > > to physical errors.... Once someone can properly explain a SAFE solution to > > archiving, i'll pick up a d1, and maybe even use it over my 67ii :) > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > You can't have everything. Where would you put it? > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
