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Hi! What are some really reliable storage devices? I've been hearing some lately of storage devices failing, or having bad track records. One of my older computers' HDs just crashed, taking everything down to the ground with it. It was kinda old, I guess.
Is there a reliable way to store data? I don't even need mass amounts of storage, I just want something a bit more decent.
backup critical data regularly to tape or someother removeable media (not CDRWs tho as they degrade).
I was thinking something more permanent. I'm not an up-backing man, myself. If I need to back something up, CDRW's or FTPing to some web space does me fine. I'm looking for more of something to put my system on, or other neat stuff that's just more reliable.
I used to back up to tapes, but it took too long for what little use it provided, in the end.
Strogian
06-09-2003, 05:19 PM
How about a hard-copy? :D
glussier
06-09-2003, 05:33 PM
If your hard-drive crashed then you probably need an hard-drive, unless you want to run from floppy. You can get decent hard-drives from WD, Seagate, Maxtor and a few others.
michaelk
06-09-2003, 06:21 PM
All storage media has some sort of lifetime expantency. No hard drive will last forever or media wether it be tape drive, CD-RW or CD-R. If you have data you need to save then you should think about when your computer fails not if.
Paper would be the best if it is stored in a humidity, temp and light controlled environment. Tape drive for large backups is still the most economical.
If you have critical data then you shouldn't use a second hard drive unless its removable and the backup data should be stored seperate from the PC. Fire, lightning or PC component failure could destroy your PC and you could lose everything.
Since you are not talking about large amounts of data the most convienent would be CD-R since both the burner and media is cheap.
Next have a backup plan and stick to it. You also need to test your backups and restore them to ensure they are actually good on a regular basis.
A hard-copy... now there's an idea!!! :)
I could put code on punch cards:D
I'm not actually interested in going out and exploring this, I was just wondering if there's anything more reliable than an HD that could actually be flexible.