Re: [ARSCLIST] Longevity

[Rob Poretti <r.poretti@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, computer storage has reliability as a "reasonable" goal.  But true
long-term storage in IT circles actually revolves around failure detection,
redundancy, error correction and eventual automated migration.  These
concepts are based on the knowledge that the hard drive *WILL* fail.  A hard
drive is not even a mid-term solution; but a managed hard drive "system" can
certainly be a long term one.

Cheers!

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List 
> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karl Miller
> Sent: July 11, 2006 9:51 AM
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Longevity
> 
> 
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, steven c wrote:
> 
> > I would suspect that, rather than being intentional 
> economic-related 
> > decisions, it has more to do with the simple "nature of the 
> beast!" As 
> > we choose to preserve more information...and in more detail...our 
> > existing formats become impractical in cubic volume, if 
> nothing else!
> 
> I can see that capacity needs continue to increase 
> exponentially, but it seems to me that our storage modalities 
> are fundamentally flawed if one considers longevity a goal.
> 
> There would seem to be little incentive to make anything that 
> would last forever.
> 
> Karl
> 
>