Backup Philosophy: DVD's & HDD's?

[xenigo]

Sounds like you guys already do what I'm doing. I'm just thinking DVD backups are rather pointless considering the cost of HDDs these days. And then throw in the fact that DVD's don't last forever... but HDDs do.

[Gerco]

One thing to remember about HDDs they don't last forever.. Plus they can be easily damaged. If your stuff is an absolute must keep, you can always invest in the archival versions of DVDs. They use 24k gold as the reflective layer and can give you 100+years of safety. Also, you might want to keep a DVD reader archived with them, just to make sure you have it around 25+ years from now...

[xenigo]

Originally Posted by Gerco

One thing to remember about HDDs they don't last forever.. Plus they can be easily damaged. If your stuff is an absolute must keep, you can always invest in the archival versions of DVDs. They use 24k gold as the reflective layer and can give you 100+years of safety. Also, you might want to keep a DVD reader archived with them, just to make sure you have it around 25+ years from now...

Yeah I had thought about that too. Except I thought I was just being paranoid with the whole "Hmm, maybe I should archive the drive - and the computer - hmm - and maybe the monitor, too!"

But maybe that's a little too extreme.

I am thinking of wrapping the HDD in a couple layers of foam for earthquake resistance though. I guess I should have elaborated on my whole "HDD last forever" comment... I was referring to the MTBF rating on HDDs being 1,000,000+ hours. I'm only going to have this thing plugged in while I'm actually doing the backups. You get what I'm saying

[Gerco]

Originally Posted by xenigo

Yeah I had thought about that too. Except I thought I was just being paranoid with the whole "Hmm, maybe I should archive the drive - and the computer - hmm - and maybe the monitor, too!"

But maybe that's a little too extreme.

I am thinking of wrapping the HDD in a couple layers of foam for earthquake resistance though. I guess I should have elaborated on my whole "HDD last forever" comment... I was referring to the MTBF rating on HDDs being 1,000,000+ hours. I'm only going to have this thing plugged in while I'm actually doing the backups. You get what I'm saying

I still have backups on Tape, and the scsi tape drive with them. You cant be to careful.