Re: [DNG] Long-term archiving versus medium fallibility

2021-11-01 Thread Syeed Ali
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 08:11:54 -0400 Hendrik Boom wrote: > Yet these files are also working files, are kept online, and > legitinately need to be modified from time to time. > My present method is to keep everything on my server, and make > regular backups. My first suggestion is to decide why you

Re: [DNG] Long-term archiving versus medium fallibility

2021-11-01 Thread Steve Litt
Hendrik Boom said on Mon, 1 Nov 2021 08:11:54 -0400 >Now storage media deteriorate over time. >It is necessary to read and transfer data from old media to new from >time to time. Yes, I know that. My present method is to keep >everything on my server, and make regular backups. Backup is, and

[DNG] Long-term archiving versus medium fallibility

2021-11-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
These days an increasing amount of my personal information, bookd, mementos, family photos, and work data are being kept on digital media. And those are vulnerable. It's well-known that to archive files long-term (say, ten years or more) it is necessary to keep multiple copies, preferably on d