RE: Archiving Strategies

In the cultural heritage world, archiving of digital media is a huge issue, with no clear answers.  There is, however, agreement that CD's, DVD's, tape, and really any physical media are ultimately unreliable for long-term archival storage.  There is an effort by the Research Library Group to describe and define exactly what a Trusted Digital Repository is ( http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20769 ), but currently nobody that I am aware of is really meeting all of the items on their checklist. 

 

Most institutions are now moving to hard disk arrays, with good redundant tape back-up and a planned (and budgeted for) migration strategy.  Other issues remain however:  format obsolescence, lack of metadata  associated with images, etc. If my institution, with lots of resources, is having a hard time figuring how to address this issue I can only sympathize with small companies and individuals who may not be able to read their "outdated" digital media ten years hence.

 

Stanley Smith
Manager, Imaging Services
J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive,  Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687
(310) 440-7286


>>> "Bob Gardner" <email@hidden> 2/12/2007 6:01 PM >>>
I am currently doing much the same as you are.

Blu-Ray will be my next archival investment. Price is still too high though
for me.

Bob Gardner
PrePress Manager
Western Trade Printing

559-251-8595

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I am writing this to discover what methods people are using for
archiving data. Several of my customers (and myself) have piles of
data usually over 100 GB that needs to be archived to make room for
the next pile of data.

I have been using DVD and iView MediaPro with much success. However,
burning so many DVD discs is quite the chore. The more effort
archiving is, the less likely it is to be done in the first place.

Hard drives at first seem like a good way to go, but they are rather
fragile and do fail too often regardless of abuse. I don't trust them
for long term archiving.

Has anyone tried the newer DVD-RAM technologies? What else do people do?

Any feedback is very much appreciated!
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Gary Smith
Precision Pixel Studios, LLC
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