17 Dec
2010
17 Dec
'10
12:48 p.m.
On Friday 17 December 2010 10:36:47 Philipp Überbacher wrote:
I guess it really depends on what you try to achieve.
Afaik the average
life-span of a HD is puny 2 years. From what I heard the magnetic tapes
used by for example ESA a long time ago have a life-span of 80 years. If
'store it good and forget' is what you're after then tape seems like a
good idea.
If you want long-time storage of information, the only thing that has proven
stable so far is (micro-)film or print to paper (with laser-printer).
Its no use when the tape holds the information for 80 years when the drives
and connected hardware are obsolete and out-of-production after max of 20
years...
Have fun,
Arnold