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Do you still use older storage for archives/backups etc? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 4 months ago by Tekkip20 to c/[email protected]

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For me I had a stack dvd blanks left over, I decided to save a little bit of money and used them to back up folders of childhood photos, documents etc and place them inside their own jewel cases.

I do have a 2TB external HDD, But that I throw on LARGE steam game back ups and movies.

Sure, the "cloud" exists and I use that too but what if your intewebz goes down, good luck getting your backups until it's back up.

What do you use? Optical media, tape drives etc?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I prefer optical media if possible. Should survive a few decades, assuming good quality discs.

But I'd much rather use LTO tape if it wasn't so expensive to get the drive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just the other day I came across some CDs that I used to back up some important data about 15 years ago (and which I thought I'd lost). They were absolutely pristine 👌

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I found my secondary school Video Production movies I made with my best friend 20 years ago haphazardly thrown into a spindle and I was able to rip it perfectly. I was ELATED. They are even better than I remembered before watching them again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's really cool :D The creative photography that I've rediscovered has given me a reinvigorated sense of my artistic self-woth. The Hi-8 tape footage i've processed so far is more candid and bit of a mind-warp though...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Hell yeah! DO A ART, you only become better every time you do it! I am HORRIBLE at art but I was extremely great at video editing back in the day. Shoulda kept up at it!

[–] badbytes 2 points 4 months ago

Second vote for LTO. Stable and cheap medium. If only drives were cheaper.

[–] Blue_Morpho 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

DVD's will last about 15 years tops. I bought the highest quality 100 year rated AZZO dye DVDs. I used special tools from cdforums to make sure I burned at the speed that resulted in the lowest pi/pio errors rate ( the errors you don't normally see because they're corrected in drive). The ideal speed isn't the slowest or fastest based on the drive and the media. I stored the DVDs in black dvd cases in my temperature controlled basement.

They all started having errors after 10 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Email the company -- out of business? Lol

[–] Blue_Morpho 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Verbatim is still around. They still say, "Up to 100 years". 10 years is up to 100 years.

Play the lottery. You could win up to $1M dollars.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

With the lottery, you could also just win $1M dollars (assuming that's the jackpot). But I get your point.

It seems like an unlikely claim from them given your experience, but are they still going to be around 100 years after making that claim? And if they are, is anyone who cares going to be around to call them out on it? Lol