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| quote: Actually, Turner Network Television is said to be experimenting with holographic storage now with 200GB discs.
Geez, I wonder how long it will take to burn one of those suckers?  | | | | Posts: 2606 | Location: Los Angeles, California USA | Registered: 14 January 2001 |
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| EMTEC (BASF) has gold backed CD-R's that last a claimed 100 years. http://www.emtec-group.com/page.asp?idRub=2&idSousRub=15&idSSRub=18 I literally have boxes of bare 20-40GB ATA100/133 drives. Each drive has a sibling, stored somewhere else. Now that big drives are getting cheaper I don't need as many, but will computers of tomorrow be able to read ATA drives? Nope, so I have an old computer stuffed away that can. CD, DVD, Firewire, USB, etc. will all be phased out eventually, so whichever way you archive, make sure you also archive a machine that can read them! And always remember the golden rule of data storage: if it isn't in two places it doesn't exist at all. | | | | Posts: 1289 | Location: Venice, California | Registered: 22 July 2003 |
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| quote: Originally posted by KWSmith:
[qb] but will computers of tomorrow be able to read ATA drives? Nope, so I have an old computer stuffed away that can.
CD, DVD, Firewire, USB, etc. will all be phased out eventually, so whichever way you archive, make sure you also archive a machine that can read them!
And always remember the golden rule of data storage: if it isn't in two places it doesn't exist at all. [/qb]
I should probably keep this one when it comes time to replace it in a couple years with the next one. My last PC is under wraps "in mothballs" if you will in the basement. It definitely earned its retirement. | | | |
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