I have just seen this (I should really be working). I didn't want to drag up the Doomsday Project thread.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/15/m-di ... few-minut/
this sounds like a good idea however, what about the availability of the players? in 100 years will we be able to still read from the disks?
How do people currently keep archive material for long term storage? Do most people still use tape?
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It would only be a good idea if it actually worked. What they seem to be suggesting is that the disks don't degrade as quickly as a CD/DVD but that they're just as delicate.
My main backup is an external hard drive, but perhaps in future a managed online service might be the answer.
My main backup is an external hard drive, but perhaps in future a managed online service might be the answer.
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Can't imagine this kind of optical disc will be any less painful for me to burn.
Just last week I attempted to burn Windows 7 to a DVD. It appeared to work, verified the burn, spat out the disc then completely failed to run.
I re-burned the disc, which did work, but on inspecting the surface of both, the first disc had only burned half the amount of the second.
No logic to this error, just another fucking error.
Optical media is shit.
Just last week I attempted to burn Windows 7 to a DVD. It appeared to work, verified the burn, spat out the disc then completely failed to run.
I re-burned the disc, which did work, but on inspecting the surface of both, the first disc had only burned half the amount of the second.
No logic to this error, just another fucking error.
Optical media is shit.
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I went through this process in the last six months when I devised a disaster-recovery solution.nidave wrote:How do most businesses keep long term backups viable - I would have thought any magnetic media would degrade and things like CD's and DVDS are rubbish.
We were on well-worn magnetic tapes, which were already knackered - so hopes of long-term resilience were wishful thinking. Alongside that, they only copied data in a linear pattern - ignoring all the hierarchical file tree structure, so trying to restore a broken server would have been nigh-on impossible.
Now I use external hard drives which disc image daily, as well as copy changes to individual files. Additionally, all file changes are sent over broadband to a secure data farm in London, and replicated in Holland.
In short - terrabyte drives is the answer for us.
For now.
Sort of related (it has hard drives) does anyone here have a NAS / Media Streamer setup?
On a job I've been working on recently I've been managing a large amount of data that is access and processed via a number of machines on a small local network, rather than share drives/folders on the machines themselves I opted for a small network attached storage device, the Synology DS211 to be precise with 2 2TB drives, giving us RAID backup and decent performance too.
I'm rather taken with the device and would love to set one up at home to hold all my movies and music, currently the job of my 1st gen Apple TV. Now since the DSL in my area is pants, the concept of buy > download > watch is my preferred format (as opposed to buy > stream/watch) which the new Apple TV is for (yes I know it'll stream from a machine running iTunes, but I don't want to leave my Mac on just to watch a film.
So I'm thinking of moving all my content to a NAS and pairing it with a media streamer that plays nice with it. Any suggestions? Ideally I'd like to continue to watch films/rentals from iTunes and in theory Lovefilm and Netflicks too. As well as use the device to hold copies of all the DVD's I have sat on a shelf already so my entire collection is available at a moment.
P.S If this is wildly of topic feel free to split to a new one.
On a job I've been working on recently I've been managing a large amount of data that is access and processed via a number of machines on a small local network, rather than share drives/folders on the machines themselves I opted for a small network attached storage device, the Synology DS211 to be precise with 2 2TB drives, giving us RAID backup and decent performance too.
I'm rather taken with the device and would love to set one up at home to hold all my movies and music, currently the job of my 1st gen Apple TV. Now since the DSL in my area is pants, the concept of buy > download > watch is my preferred format (as opposed to buy > stream/watch) which the new Apple TV is for (yes I know it'll stream from a machine running iTunes, but I don't want to leave my Mac on just to watch a film.
So I'm thinking of moving all my content to a NAS and pairing it with a media streamer that plays nice with it. Any suggestions? Ideally I'd like to continue to watch films/rentals from iTunes and in theory Lovefilm and Netflicks too. As well as use the device to hold copies of all the DVD's I have sat on a shelf already so my entire collection is available at a moment.
P.S If this is wildly of topic feel free to split to a new one.
