Dear All,
In addition to our existing server setup and it's associated backups, we would like a separate system to backup important RAW camera files and other critical files, but are unsure of a suitable strategy. Does anyone have any recommendations, such as desktop RAID hard drives, DVD backups, something else or just use every available media type!?!
Knowing that 10% of CD/DVD's can fail every year doesn't seem to make this a great option, however apparently DVD-RAM is more reliable as it is closely related to MO disks. Any thoughts? Is there a good known brand of CD/DVD's?
Does anyone have any experience of the Lacie RAID desktop hard drives or similar? If we used the drive connected to a Mac and had a copy of DiskWarrior would this give some confidence in the case of file corruption? Is there a PC equivalent of DiskWarrior?
Finally is there any MAC or PC software that can monitor (image) file corruption or am I simply asking too much of modern technology!!
Many Thanks
Tony Harris
New Media Officer
Government Art Collection
0044 (0)20 7580 9123
www.gac.culture.gov.uk
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