A newyear reminder for all Orbiter-Forum members.

[fireballs619]

I'm sorry but, no, I'll just take my chances with looking after my hardrive.

Any files you don't back up are files you don't want.

 

[Keatah]

For you history buffs out there, here is the first hard drive from 1956!
http://gizmodo.com/5494858/ibm-305-ramac-the-grandaddy-of-modern-hard-drives
Get a load of it!! 1 MP3 file or 2 digital pictures was its capability, more or less.

 

[Artlav]

Another good type of backup is to keep your software open-source.
Then, you can bet on at least several people having all of it even in case of nuclear war.

 

[Keatah]

My lady was reading this thread and came up with an idea for the successor to the SSD. She tried explaining to me what would be an Argon gas drive with Cesium crystals for the store/retrieve elements would be like. It seemed to be pretty far out. At first I thought she meant having the platters composed of the gas, with the controller circuitry being made of metallized Aerogel or something. But it was different.

Ahh well, maybe I can write a sci-fi novel around it or something.

 

[Unstung]

I just use an older 160 GB external hard drive to back up my important data from time-to-time, and flash drives as a temporary back-up for very important data, usually projects that I've worked on for a long time.

SSDs are still quite expensive, and I don't think that popular. The cesium crystal storage stuff is over my head...

 

[Keatah]

I just use an older 160 GB external hard drive to back up my important data from time-to-time, and flash drives as a temporary back-up for very important data, usually projects that I've worked on for a long time.

SSDs are still quite expensive, and I don't think that popular. The cesium crystal storage stuff is over my head...

Don't worry about understanding the science. I've studied theoretical physics and *I* don't have a clue what she was babbling on about.

What I found even stranger and *more* interesting was the idea of gas platters. Like a mini-accretion disc of a sort. Now how in god's name could you store information in that?

By the way, all my tertiary backups and copies are on re-purposed used drives. They all went though my own "recertification" process and seem to be humming along nicely. These are copies I update like every year.

 

[Mojave]

My Father uses DVD's to backup, and keeps copies in our safe, and in the Safety deposit box at te bank. We are thinking of going to complete flashdrive backup; because they have much more space.

 

[Ghostrider]

Etch your data in stone, in binary code. Lasts millennia and the medium is readily available, if a little on the heavy side.

 

[Wishbone]

What about erosion and tourists etching their autographs?

 

[Unstung]

Etch your data in stone, in binary code. Lasts millennia and the medium is readily available, if a little on the heavy side.

Unless it's smashed; not even the Rosetta Stone made it unscathed. :lol: