Offline Storage for Hard Drives?

Posted by Cliff on Friday January 20, 2006 @12:30PM from the where-to-put-your-removable-platters dept.

rrsipov asks: "I work at a small company that processes a good deal of DV (mainly) format video. After trying a number of different technologies we have settled down to using removable hard drives for file storage and backup. When a set of projects are complete, the hard disk they are stored on can be removed and stored offline so that the material is available in for possible future use. The problem is that unlike tapes, etc... we haven't been able to find any good storage cabinet type solutions, and have resorted to a pretty much ad-hoc system of filing the drives. Does Slashdot know of any such system? Ideally we'd like to start with something small, and scale from there if we like the system."

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Re:Shelf life? by TERdON · 2006-01-20 13:43 · Score: 2, Interesting

Oops, sorry, forgot that. Yes, it worked. But it felt slower than a floppy disk (!). And the storage capacity was already then just a tenth of a CR-RW, cheaply available...

I still have it anyway. Hopefully I might be able to sell it as an antique or something when I get old... :)

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