Questions data medias

[cloudff7]

What are the best media for long-term storage?

Is it rare or common for 2.5" HDDs to have bitrot, demagnetization and other problems that corrupt data? For a 2.5" HDD + USB3.0 case that will be used once or twice a year?

 

[jwin615]

Archival tape

 

[jwin615]

Or stone tablets

 

[giovanni]

I end up storing all my important files in Google Drive because as long as it exists, I’m not worried that they will lose any data (they have crazy redundancy). But I also don’t have a ton of digital media to store (photos mostly). I used to use Carbonite for the same reason but it’s not free.

 

[giovanni]

I would say, if you want a home storage solution look into redundant storage. They sell RAID configurations of various kinds.

 

[PedalBuilder]

What are the best media for long-term storage?

Is it rare or common for 2.5" HDDs to have bitrot, demagnetization and other problems that corrupt data? For a 2.5" HDD + USB3.0 case that will be used once or twice a year?

Just curious, but why are you posting these questions here? You’ve created a number of threads about topics like hard drives and video game consoles, but no posts related to PedalPCB or building effects pedals, which is the topic of this forum. Care to explain?

 

[Nostradoomus]

lmao

 

[giovanni]

Oh I get it. It’s a bot isn’t it?

 

[drgonzo1969]

guys... it's Cloud from Final Fantasy 7. He is a video game character, of course he is worried about bitrot. I would be too if I was a video game character. bitrot is no laughing matter. We could lose all our childhood favorites to bitrot one day. First Cloud... then Mario....

 

[drgonzo1969]

We need to transfer all of them to stone tablets before its too late...

 

[DeadAirMD]

 

[PedalBuilder]

Oh I get it. It’s a bot isn’t it?

Oh, no, @cloudff7 is definitely not a bot. See for yourself!

no bot

 

[Robert]

I prefer blue raspberry jello.

It's my favorite flavor and I can relax knowing my data is safe.

Have you ever tried it @cloudff7 ?

 

[drgonzo1969]

I prefer blue waffle flavored. I know @cloudff7 loves to eat blue waffles too. Right @cloudff7 ?

edit: Warning! Don’t Google blue waffle.

 

[jcpst]

Maybe just keep it away from your degausser?

 

[pricklyrobot]

How do you, fellow pedalers?

Which sound wires and transpacitors are your quality favorites?!

 

[PunchySunshine]

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Three backups on two different forms of media and one of them off site.