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Ask Slashdot: Best File System For the Ages?

Posted by BeauHD on from the time-erosion dept.

New submitter Kormoran writes: After many, many years of internet, I have accumulated terabyte HDDs full of software, photos, videos, eBooks, articles, PDFs, music, etc. that I'd like to save forever. The problem is, my HDDs are fine, but some files are corrupting. Some videos show missing keyframes and some photos are ill-colored. RAID systems can protect online data (to a degree), but what about offline storage? Is there a software solution, like a file system or a file format, specifically tailored to avoid this kind of bit rot?

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  1. Stone tablet and chisel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I prefer to chisel the 0s and 1s into a stone tablet. Very secure, no bit rot.

    1. Re: Stone tablet and chisel by I'm+just+joshin · · Score: 4, Funny

      I give you the 15
      *drops one*
      10 commandments...

    2. Re:Stone tablet and chisel by magarity · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, weathering. That is why casting in bronze is vastly superior to mere chiseling in stone.

  2. Re:bit rot by grcumb · · Score: 4, Funny

    (there's a undetectable fault error rate, something along the lines of 1 in 10^20 bytes read or so will have an undetected error)

    I just want to call this out because it's so important. That number, 10^20, sounds big, but considering the size of modern drives it's really not.

    Vhrist, you guys. Why so p[aranoid? FAT has been workking just fine since day one, and there's not reason to beliveve it won't keep workingn that way for

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    Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.