> On 30 Mar 2016, at 20:06, Zak Mensah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Will any of our colleagues in 50-200 years be able to open our RAW files.... or use our obsolete computers...
Isn’t that best addressed with a proper plan for archive maintenance?
e.g. if you have archives on CD, copy them to DVD, on DVD, copy them to Disk, on disk copy them to SSD, when we get crystalmatrix quantum storage, copy them to that. etc.
Have some testable method (checksums?) for confirming data integrity - use it.
don’t just make a backup or three and then think your work is done, you need a plan for maintaining back up integrity and avoiding data decay.
:o)
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