AW: Archive photos to DVD (James Orr)

[sebastian.beer66 at icloud.com]

I fear that there will be very few photos that survive this generation; no cd, dvd or hard drive will survive.  Our grandchildren won't have much to remember us by.

Frankly speaking, despite some fotos my father took and that are pinned as print outs to the wall in our house, the majority of the fotos my father took are also lost as they are in dia format (color transparency) which I have no projector to view them. As well as lots of Super 8 films. Some of them I have scanned by a professional company in order to have a chance to view them. But as that is expensive I will not continue with the scanning.

And when it comes to my grandfather: there are even less pictures that I have from him.

The problem, that technology develops and it is difficult to view the pictures after some years is not at all new...

BR, Sebastian
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Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2024 1:48 PM
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Subject: Re: Archive photos to DVD (James Orr)

There are solutions at scale that do the job really reliably while using minimal bandwidth for backup, but you need to spend at least $10,000 and keep track of a 24-hr I.T. expert who'll charge you a bit every month. No cloud required.

  *   Restore one or all files from any point in time easily
  *   Survive regional disaster (flood, fire, burglary, etc)
  *   Only back up file difference to local NAS - up to hourly
  *   Only back difference from local NAS to remote NAS nightly
  *   Recover from virus, crypto locker etc. with minimal loss
  *   Scalable to many terabytes (or more) fairly easily
  *   Digital protection from 'bit-rot'  (the greatest threat of all)
  *   Any equipment can fail and still photos are easily restored
  *   Total ownership and privacy of your intellectual property
  *   No Microsoft, Google, Zenfolio etc. required

I use one for my 30-year archive of about 8 terabytes. It's a bit overwhelming for an individual - you need the I.T. expert, but the solution does exist and eliminates the fear of failing equipment, virus, crypto locker, regional disaster, etc.

For a large studio (or a well-off individual), this is a good deal, but for most, there just isn't a safe and secure solution other than archival prints.

I fear that there will be very few photos that survive this generation; no cd, dvd or hard drive will survive.  Our grandchildren won't have much to remember us by.

james white


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