I etch all of my important data onto bronze plates then fill in the etching with gold. The super important data is carved into granite slabs. <br><br>That bug-out bag is getting pretty heavy...<br><br>Laser print onto acid-free archival paper is a solid preservation method. For the terminally paranoid, getting the resulting paper laminated is next.<br>
<br>90+% or archival needs are environmental. magnetic media, optical media, film, all require lightless, temperature and humidity conditions to be met for maximum lifespan.<br><br>Oh. put flash media in a lead-foil film bag to go through the airport with. X-rays and flash media are a bad combination.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Richard Faulkner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rfaulkner@34thprs.org">rfaulkner@34thprs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Agreed on the frailness of flash memory Wolf. One trip to Willie's Place in <br>
Hillsboro, TX during the studio build had me carrying a ton of gear with me <br>
through ATL/TSA and saw my bags (laptop bag, HDD's and thumb-drives)<br>
getting scanned at least three time before being cleared. All of my sticks <br>
were toast in some fashion. I cringed as they scanned them...<br>
<br>
In the end I got my work done but had to d/l fresh images for my drives and<br>
rebuild them on the road to finish the studio installs. Frustrating.<br>
<br>
Paper is a longer term storage media (correct) but due to light effects and<br>
acid content of paper (which varies) it does come apart if not properly <br>
selected and cared for. <br>
<br>
This is an issue which I'm starting to wrestle with for the long-term care <br>
and preservation of data and photographic archives for the 34th PRS <br>
website and project. At this point all archival is done on CD-R and HDD<br>
with new archives coming to long-term (gold) optical media. Most all of <br>
what we have in storage at this point is (green) media -- likely part of the <br>
reason why they have lasted so long. ----R<div class="im"><br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><b>Subject</b>: Re: [ale] OT- Re: Cd-r life<br>
<b>Date</b>: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:48:06 -0400<br>
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Even the best CDR-W have about a 2-year life expectancy<br>
Paper is by far the most time-resistant media for photos. <br>
Ansel Adams Photos still exist. (They always looked that weird)<br>
<br>
Do you want to start talking about the relative friability of media?<br>
flash memory has about a max life of 5 years unless the stick or <br>
SHD is powered up at regular intervals. (I am not sure of the interval)<br>
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<b>Subject</b>: [ale] OT- Re: Cd-r life<br>
<b>Date</b>: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 06:46:52 -0400<br>
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<pre>On Sat October 2 2010, Ron Frazier wrote:
> TDK had a similar product at one time, but I couldn't find it on their
> website now. Here's the link to their storage media website. Look for the
> word archival in the name, but be sure to check the specs. Some discs are
> just a heavy duty scratch resistant standard discs.
>
> <a href="http://www.tdkperformance.com/en-us/Storage-Media/" target="_blank">http://www.tdkperformance.com/en-us/Storage-Media/</a>
ok, since we are now talking photos & not linux, it becomes OT:)
the problem with the photoarchival TDK CDs is, it now takes me 2 DVDs to store
my photos, and that size grows almost daily:) I now use at least 1 USB stick
to store photos on. As soon as I get A JOB, I will get a bigger USB stick,
and eventually multiple sticks, just for my photos..
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