Archive photos to DVD

[James Orr]

I generally agree with the cautions in this thread. Especially with the need for redundancy. My workflow includes storing all my images on a Win 11 workstation to mirrored 3TB HDDs. I make daily incremental + monthly full backup to NAS. I worry about losing the corpus to a sudden disaster and don't have a solution yet. Uploading to the cloud seems to be too slow to be practical, and no family is nearby.
However, the basic truth is that the best archival storage for photographs is an excellent print on archival media. The only tech needed to view the output is available light and functional eyes.

All digital media are evanescent. Have you recently tried to access images from a 5.25" SSFD? Who knows what will be here 40 years from now.

James Orr
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From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> on behalf of Art Zemon <art at zemon.name>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2024 8:59:49 AM
To: digikam-users at kde.org <digikam-users at kde.org>
Subject: Re: Archive photos to DVD

On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 8:41 AM Kjetil Kjernsmo <kjetil at kjernsmo.net<mailto:kjetil at kjernsmo.net>> wrote:
Hi!

On fredag 23. februar 2024 02:43:56 CET Mark wrote:
>  Since the image files have been burned to one or more disks (of the same
> name) they can then be deleted from the hard drive to make room for more.

Without really answering your question, I would challenge the workflow.

Also be aware that the DVDs that you can burn at home have a limited lifespan. They vary a lot, from as little as 20 years to maybe 100 or more. See https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cds-truth-cddvd-longevity-mold-rot/ for some detailed info.

You might consider making digiKam collections on removable media, whether DVDs or SSDs or spinning hard drives. Once you have created the collection, you can just drag 'n' drop some albums onto it to make a backup. Then remember to refresh/replace the backup media every decade or so.

    -- Art Z.

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