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Re: [AV Media Matters] Digitizing Audio and Video-ReallyBigPost
At 08:04 AM 6/3/2003 -0400, alyssa@musicnorth.com wrote:
Hi Jim et al,
What this IT guy was getting at, was that if you shelve a HD, the disc
will eventually lose its' magnetism, unless you spin it up from time to
time. I have heard this once before, perhaps it is just FUD, as Richard
mentioned, but I would like to know if there Is any truth to it?
Best,
Alyssa.
Moderators Comment:
No, there is no truth to that other then perhaps considering earths'
magnetic field over centuries
Alyssa, Jim,
I don't know if I was exposed to FUD or not, but there was a comment
floating around that the highest-density drives were having a problem
with
self-erasure, but I didn't hear if it was related to spinning or not,
just
to time. My understanding is that it has been solved.
Maybe this little rumor is what the IT guy heard in a different form.
I still think we need an alternative to a managed archive as Jim L.
describes. For many of my "day job" (high-end broadcast systems)
clients,
the managed archive is great. For many of my "evening job" (audio tape
restoration) clients
forget about the possibility of a managed archive. I know Jim L. is out
there promoting the heck out of it and I wish you luck. There will be
some/many users who will buy into it, but there are three issues that
impede the adoption of the managed archive:
(1) Capital cost
(2) Operating cost
(3) Ownership/responsibility issues (inter-department issues)
Cheers,
Richard
Moderators Comment:
I am not sure what exactly is meant by "promoting the heck out of it" so
I will ignore the comment although I do find it somewhat offensive.
I do believe that a properly managed archive is the key to
survivability. Management is a complex subject and there are many
different components of good management. Proper records management is
one of them. AV archivists are not the only people who have the
responsibility of managing large quantities of information. The point
here is that we can learn from this field, there is a great amount of
expertise already there. For archives that do not have the expertise and
other resources there are service providers that can and will offer the
services. There are no shortage of them today that can offer the
services. The issue clearly is the cost of storage, and if that
continues to decrease, then it becomes a non-issue. As far as tiny
archives that do not have the financial resources - I suggested what has
been suggested for many years by many people. Regional archives and
depositories where an economy of scale can be maintained.
Jim Lindner
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