Xz format inadequate for long-term archiving (2017)

Re:Xz format inadequate for long-term archiving (2017) by doubledad222 on Friday April 20, 2018 @11:50AM (#16885785)

Thank you for sharing this. I am in charge of archiving the family files - pictures, video, art projects, email. I want it available through the aging of standards and protected against the bitrot of aging hard drives. I'll be converting any xz archives I get into a better format.

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Re:Xz format inadequate for long-term archiving (2017) by moviuro on Friday April 20, 2018 @02:17PM (#16887164)

Mix and match, according to criticity and max affordable data loss: multiple locations, multiple solutions, multiple local copies (e.g. one cloud solution + DVD + NAS). See: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/

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Re:Xz format inadequate for long-term archiving (2017) by Skunkleton on Friday April 20, 2018 @01:41PM (#16886815)

You should also write out ECC information.

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