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January 10, 2006
How to store one's data?
Slashdot has an an unusually good conversation on how to store data for the long haul given that sprouted from an assertion that CDs may only last a few years. Of course Linus Torvalds once said that
"Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it.", but for the rest of us, what are we to do?
Me? I view backups as something you do to protect you from disaster, not a long term way of storing data. With cheap storage bigger every day, I backup may data to CDs and DVDs, then whenever I upgrade my computer, I move all the data onto my new computer. That way, it is always available on recent tech.
Posted by OneEyedMan at January 10, 2006 8:17 PM
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