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Subject: Re: Alternative to Optical Storage????
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:44:36 +0100
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On 28/09/2024 11:46, Nux Vomica wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:13:51 +0200, D wrote:
> 
>>
>> Do you do restore tests regularly? If not, it could be that you might not
>> have as many backups as you might think. =/
>>
> 
> Yes.  I will do a random sample on occasion, mostly to satisfy my curiosity.
> Never had a problem.
> 
> But most of this data is not critical for me.  I could live without it
> or it could be somewhat easily replaced.
> 
> My e-books and music, however, are absolutely essential and must be
> preserved.  Fortunately, these collections are only a few Tb and I
> simply make new copies from time to time.  I also keep copies on
> USB HDD external drives.
> 
> What puzzles me is why hasn't implementing a viable long-term storage
> solution become a top priority?  Digital information is here to stay,
> likely forever, and we need a way to preserve it forever without muss
> or fuss.
Because quite simply slightly volatile storage (SSD) is now WAY cheaper 
and more bit dense than anything else and is probably at least as good 
as a consumer written DVD.

So the solution is permanently powered SSDs existing as multiple copies 
in multiple locations. Where is the original Bible backup kept? :-)


Possibly very large laser burned spinning disks can do 4TB,  but a set 
of say 4 drives to do it in two places is less than $500

And you simply keep replacing them as they fail with whatever is the 
latest technology. And copy the data over

> 
> Unfortunately, consumer-grade optical storage technology is in the
> hands of grubbing capitalists.  As soon as sales fall by 10% they
> will start to leave the market in search of a new fad.
>
No, it simply isn't something anybody is using any more

YOU want a more permanent high capacity than a tape drive., well that is 
in fact a hard drive, or a USB SSD or whatever.

DVD simply wont do the capacity,

  Nothing last forever, not even runes carved in stone. Where are the 
ten commandments now?


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