Data Archiving

2013-04-07 Thread Gary Roach
Hi all, I have a records archiving problem and don't know where to start. There are 100 years of records that include hand written material, type written hard copy, photos and a lot of email. I would like to have a system based around mysql (if possible) that would allow flexible data mining.

Re: Data Archiving

2013-04-07 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 4/8/13, Gary Roach wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a records archiving problem and don't know where to start. There > are 100 years of records that include hand written material, type > written hard copy, photos and a lot of email. I would like to have a > system based around mysql (if possible) th

Re: Data Archiving

2013-04-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 01:57:51PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a records archiving problem and don't know where to start. > There are 100 years of records that include hand written material, > type written hard copy, photos and a lot of email. I would like to > have a system base

Re: Data Archiving

2013-04-08 Thread Gary Roach
On 04/07/2013 05:56 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: On 4/8/13, Gary Roach wrote: Hi all, I have a records archiving problem and don't know where to start. There are 100 years of records that include hand written material, type written hard copy, photos and a lot of email. I would like to have a sys

Re: Data Archiving

2013-04-08 Thread Lars Noodén
On 4/8/13 7:30 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > Ok, the organization is the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach > CA. We have been around since 1913. I recently got stuck with the job of > Church Historian and am concerned about the closet full of records going > back to day one. [snip] Is there a

Re: Data Archiving

2013-04-08 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 09:30:52AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > As for as OCR vs retyping vs scan and preses - still up in the air > at this point. I suspect that all three methods might be used. > There are commercial companies that will do bulk scanning and OCR. I used one in the past and I found

Re: Data Archiving

2013-04-10 Thread MRH
On 08/04/13 20:59, Rob Owens wrote: On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 09:30:52AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: As for as OCR vs retyping vs scan and preses - still up in the air at this point. I suspect that all three methods might be used. There are commercial companies that will do bulk scanning and OCR.

[semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/23/07 20:17, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 07:05:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> It would be very nice if there was a universal cross-platform rw + >>> encrypt filesystem for archives. Something that you could be conf

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-24 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:49:51PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/23/07 20:17, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 07:05:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > >>> It would be very nice if there was a universal cross-platform rw + > >>> encrypt filesystem for archives. Somethin

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/07 08:47, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:49:51PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 05/23/07 20:17, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >>> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 07:05:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> > It would be very ni

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-24 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 12:03:15PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Never heard of ODF, or is it specific to *Office programmes? > > Personally, I save my latex as latex. The origional contents are > > plainly visible. > > Never heard of ODF It's the OpenOffice.org 2.0 document format, > ak

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/07 16:18, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 12:03:15PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > >>> Never heard of ODF, or is it specific to *Office programmes? >>> Personally, I save my latex as latex. The origional contents are >>

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-24 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 06:08:21PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > There is something to be said for casting something in plain text in > > bronze and gold plating it. > > Buffered lignin-free paper. > Burns. Bronze melts. Pottery breaks. Acid rain eats granite. I guess the bottom line is

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/07 18:58, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 06:08:21PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > >>> There is something to be said for casting something in plain text in >>> bronze and gold plating it. >> Buffered lignin-free paper. >

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:49:51PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 05/23/07 20:17, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >>> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 07:05:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> > It would be very nice if there was a u

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-25 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:41:18AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > No. I figure a CD is good for at least a year. Every year, I > > pull the two netinst cds from the bank, take an SHA hash and compare it > > with the written notes, then run something like cdck o

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:41:18AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >>> No. I figure a CD is good for at least a year. Every year, I >>> pull the two netinst cds from the bank, take an SHA h

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 09:04, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: [snip] >> True. However, for a small data set (under 1 GB) the need for three >> copies means three hard drives. Using a hard drive and rewriting over >> it means that you loo

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/25/07 09:04, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > [snip] >>> True. However, for a small data set (under 1 GB) the need for three >>> copies means three hard drives. Using a hard drive and rewriting ove

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 13:44, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] >> But isn't that putting all your eggs in one basket? (Unless I'm >> mis-reading you.) > > 3 disks in three different locations (according to Douglas' > requirements). You'd h