Slashdot Mirror
Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years?
An anonymous reader writes "My kid is now 1 year old and I already have 100G of digital video (stored on DVDs, DVD quality) and photos. How should I store it so that it's still readable 10 to 20 years from now? Will DVDs stil be around, and readable, 10 years from now? Should I plan for technology changes every 5 to 10 years (DVD->Blue-ray->whatever)? Is optical storage better, or should I try to use hard drives (making technology changes automatic)? And, if the answer is optical, how do you store optical disks so that they last?"
store it in analog engravings in diamond
Well why not optical platters? We have 50 year retainment requirements for certain documents and were looking at Plasmon optical devices. They claim it will still be readable and are the only type of backup media that survived both 9/11 and Katrina. Although when I asked if it was the same cartridge that survived both, the vendor gave me a dirty look. I think though you would be fine with dvd-r and just make a new copy every 5 years.
Only wimps use optical media, _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.
My kid is now 1 year old and I already have 100G of digital video
/.
Riiiight, this is
So people: How can this guy be sure that in 10/20 years time his Bangbus collection will still be readable?
Step 1: Review video footage.
Step 2: Carve memorable/important parts into stone.
Step 3: ??? (mummies?)
Step 4: Profit!
crazy dynamite monkey
Video I posted 20 years ago is still there....
Unix, an obscure operating system developed by bored researchers in an attempt to get a better game playing experience.
1. Rename to "xxx 18yr old bj strip"
2. Upload to P2P protocol of choice.
Let it proliferate around the internet and retrieve it when necessary.
Quit being creepy by chronicling every time your kid goes number 2. He'll thank you, as will everyone else who knows you.
As I understand it, holomagical disks will be loaded with so much DRM, nobody will be allowed to view the contents. Period.
Collude with a friend to email back and forth encrypted copies of your photos. Arrange for them to be perpetually stored in transit on somebody-else's mail server awaiting delivery.
Better still - uucp them over some convoluted circular path back to yourself.
Or rig up an ultra-high-speed moonbounce communications system...
Just keep them all in motion and they won't get lost.
Nullius in verba
Duct, Electrical, Masking or Transparent?
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Wait, is this some special technique to fortify the data on the drive? And it sounds like this actually doubles the space on the drive after I rinse it. Does this require distilled water, or will tap water do?
Print the bits out on paper to be scanned later, as necessary. You should make several copies and store them in different locations incase of fire or water damage. To answer your next question: Land in Montana and the Yukon territory is cheap.
Oops! Dammit, preview, preview!
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
Man, you got really upset over that RAID suggestion. With a name like 900ftJesus, I would have expected a more kinder, gentler approach.
Back then we had to hand flatten the metal parts ourselves and burn them using a magnifying glass and the sun. And unless you had like 3 espressos, the only speed you could do it at was 1X.
"But this one goes to 11!"
Oh are we allowing theoretical products? In that case I would back up to a specialized bacteria. I would encode the data in it's DNA and allow it to replicate regularly. Even better news, after 20 years, I'll have billions of copys to give to fanily and friends! It's win-win!
Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. This comment may not be copied in any way including, but not limited to caching.
WW900FTJD?
Give him a break. I'm sure he interacts plenty, but insists on only using the highest quality PRO-HD camera. That 100 GB is only nine minutes of video!
The CB App. What's your 20?
Be careful though... When burning these, it's critical that you only use gold [USB, SATA, PATA] cables to connect your burner to your computer. Otherwise the bits on the media will degrade quickly due to galvanic corrosion.
Why is there an "insightful" mod and why isn't it "-1"? If I wanted insight, I wouldn't be reading
WW900FTJD?
Obviously he would use a tape.well, it's like a weakest link, right? the bits have to go over non-gold wire, so they lose quality there.
use your turn signal! you people act like it's divulging information to the enemy
Is that the serial number for a new western digital/fujitsu hybrid drive???
Lets see the *AA deal with that, imagine the copyright violations!
Though you have to worry about mutations, drift and such. Eventually the picture of your cat will turn into a lolcat, just by pure weight of evolution.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -edward abbey
I don't think you would be interested in videos of my kids.
I'm a paedophile, you insensitive clod!Well, if you want longevity, I suggest papyrus over CDs. However, finding Egyptian Teletypes that can still read punched papyrus is murder. The Computer History Museum has only one, and it's constantly in use by some odd fellow wrapped all in rags and things. He keeps muttering 'ahnksen ahmen" and burning tanna leaves, too. Queer duck. I think he programs in COBOL.