Steve Jobs on the File System

Re:Steve Jobs on the File System by esbwhat on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @04:22PM (#4070630)

Hope you're accomodating for bit rot with your SD cards

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Re:Steve Jobs on the File System by delsarto on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @04:45PM (#4070756)

Yes, by backing up to my local RAID array and then syncing with S3. I just figure it's not worth re-using the SD cards and they're an extra backup.

I actually figured out every photo I take has

  - one copy on the SD card
  - two mirrored copies on my raid
  - 3 copies on S3
  - 3 copies on flickr (I believe)

for a total of 9!

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Re:Steve Jobs on the File System by alexchamberlain on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @04:32PM (#4070682)

DVDs safer?

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Re:Steve Jobs on the File System by lowtolerance on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @04:49PM (#4070773)

Burned DVDs last between 5-10 years, depending on the quality of the media, as well as storage temperature, humidity, handling, etc. After that, data begins to "evaporate".

Flash memory depends more on write/erase cycles. Infrequently used media can theoretically last for decades, and is much more resilient with respect to storage and handling. Then again, in 25 years, how easy will it be to find a USB reader?

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