SSD failure might be mitigated by only powering them on when one needs to use
them as well as periodically. Of course, SSDs can be used in RAID 6 for even
greater safety. However, to me, storing only on a physical device located in
office/home is worrisome.
I like cloud storage because Google,
And a hat tip to Owen Plotkin, a real mensch, who kindly provided that server
(and the Kinetta scanner it served) a home back in the day!
Jeff Kreines
Kinetta
j...@kinetta.com
kinetta.com
Sent from iPhone.
> On Sep 11, 2022, at 6:34 PM, owen plotkin wrote:
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> Hat tip to Mr. Kreins for the
Hat tip to Mr. Kreins for the nod to Bob Zelin, a giant in video technology, a
legend in NYC as an advisor/installer and all around good egg and ethical
business person !
Owen
> On Sep 11, 2022, at 7:09 PM, Jeff Kreines wrote:
>
>
>> On Sep 11, 2022, at 6:00 PM, S. Mullen wrote:
>>
On Sep 11, 2022, at 6:00 PM, S. Mullen wrote:
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> Jeff you are correct about RAID 6. And between use they don't have to be kept
> powered up so mechanical failure should not be a problem. Correct?
Correct. This RAID server had sat for 6 or 7 years unused. Plugged it back in
and everything
Jeff you are correct about RAID 6. And between use they don't have to be
kept powered up so mechanical failure should not be a problem. Correct?
I'm using cloud plus a hard drive. At my age I am not worried about how
long Google will be with us. Steve
On Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 2:41 PM Jeff Kreines
Colorlab does very affordable digital to film transfers in both 16mm (4K) and
35mm. 35mm with optical track is only $.50/ft. These are direct to print — so
no generation loss, but also no negative. (They can obviously do negatives to
but it’s much more expensive.)
But a filmout is not really
Careful with solid state drives for long term storage. The data on SSDs
fades after a few years of not being plugged in. I don’t understand the
physics of it, but they for some reason need power to keep those 1s and 0s
correct.
> The biggest drawback is that you are at the whim of business/trends and the
> company?s desire/ability to keep the service available.
That's a big, big drawback. I certainly don't trust Google's ability to
maintain services.
--scott
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Spinning rust, yes. You can also use solid state drives but these are much more
expensive and - little known fact - they can only be written to a finite number
of times.
I recommend helium drives with less friction between the platters. Good
research has been done that helium drives report
Nobody really knows what digital formats will last, because they haven't
been around long enough. But, copying is not lossy, so copy onto as many
different possible formats as you can in order to increase your chances.
And, if possible, recopy to new media every few years.
--scott
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Frameworks
Is the 6-7 years powered (spinning)?
On Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 1:22 PM FrameWorks Admin
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> Yes, film output is common practice. Film kept in the right conditions of
> temperature and humidity can last 200 years; this is called passive
> storage. Otherwise the digital files have to be
Cloud storage is also becoming more of an option for large amounts of data,
but of course has its drawbacks as well.
It’s not location-specific, it’s disaster-proof.
You are basically paying Google or Amazon or whoever to do all that
constant maintenance for you.
But a regular subscription cost
Yes, film output is common practice. Film kept in the right conditions of
temperature and humidity can last 200 years; this is called passive storage.
Otherwise the digital files have to be constantly copied, called active
storage. The average life span of a hard drive is 6-7 years.
One way to
Can it be an option to transfer the digital video file to 35mm or 16mm film?
I heard this process is common in commercial fiction feature films that
have currently been recorded digitally in order to preserve work without
relying on hard drives.
On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 7:39 PM Philip Jozef
For all of you who work with digital video, can you recommend a storage
method to keep those files alive (as long as you are?) External hard
drives will fail after several years. Other than continually moving a
zipped file from one old drive to a new one, is there a better way to store
and
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