Re: [AV Media Matters] Digitizing Audio and Video-ReallyBigPost

[alyssa@musicnorth.com]

I have been looking into the storage media issue for my own work, and 
my road has led me to AIT tape drives from a number of sources. I have 
friends who have audio stored on computer tape for over 10 years (not 
exercised) and have found great reliability. I wish I could say the 
same for CDs...

Best,

Alyssa.
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Alyssa Ryvers
www.musicnorth.com



On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 09:52  AM, Jim Wheeler wrote:

> Eric
>
> The three largest manufacturers of HDDs are Seagate, Maxtor and
Western
> Digital.  All three of these companies have spent a lot of time and
> money
> increasing the reliability of their HDDs.  They have solved the head
> crash
> problem and the bearing problem.  I am not aware of any other major
> failure
> mechanism.  They all use auto-tracking which I invented in 1976.
>
> I have been attending Storage Trade Shows and Conferences and have
> learned a
> lot about HDDs and LTOs.
>
> All archives must develop a plan for making backups of all electronic
> media
> and storing them off-site.
>
> Jim Wheeler

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