Re: cheap cd publishing no min.

["Tom Ritchford" <tom@swirly.com>]

Never leave your backups sitting on a shelf!

I have rotating backups that I do every month or so (as well as
incremental after I do a lot of work).... periodically I erase the
oldest one and use it again for new things.  And at least once, the
old backup didn't work -- so I just tossed the disk out.

This means that I never archive things, they are always live... but
with a 250 gig drive running less than $60 now, it's really not that
much money considering how much work I put into my digital world.
(I'm waiting for another TB of disk to show up in the mail....)

On 1/3/07, scott@dreamstate.to <scott@dreamstate.to> wrote:
> Any idea how long the hard-drives last sitting on a shelf?
>
> Cheers,
> Scott M2
>
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>
> > Kris et al.
> >
> > Just a bit of a heads up regarding CDRs (& CDRWs):  they don't hold up
> > well to the ravages of time and studies have placed their estimated
> > shelf life at less than 10 years with many folks finding the cheap
> > CDR(W)s may not last half that long.  This is a big deal for archival
> > purposes as it renders CDR(W)s completely useless for reliable long
> > term storage.
> >
> > This probably isn't an issue for small runs of albums for demo
> > purposes or to pass among friends, but I wouldn't expect to find a
> > functional CDR buried in the attic twenty years later.
> >
> > The best solution I've found so far is to store master copies of all
> > my work on hard discs.  Some folks use a system wherein they buy a new
> > (small, not these 200GB models) hard disk for each new album project.
> > They do all their recording & mastering, burn CDs, then pull the drive
> > out, label it, and stick it on a shelf.
> >
> > The cheaper option is to periodically (every two years or so) reburn
> > your CDR(W)s so you've always got a few fresh ones around.
> >
> > Todd
> >
> >
> > On 1/2/07, Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> That's the case for DiskFaktory as well. That's part of the reason why
> >> the
> >> price is so reasonable. I don't mind it. I'm finished with glass
> >> mastered
> >> CDs, and only my first looping CD was glass-mastered (I obtained no
> >> benefit
> >> from the extra cost). I haven't found a person yet who can't play my
> >> CD-Rs,
> >> and they look no different than the glass mastered (silver bottomed,
> >> etc).
> >>
> >> Kris
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Michael Peters
> >> To: Loopers Delight
> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 1:53 PM
> >> Subject: RE: cheap cd publishing no min.
> >>
> >>
> >> > The price looks good to me. $1.60 a CD for the color printing, 
>shrink
> >> warpping, UPC code, etc?  I haven't seen a price lower than this for a
> >> short
> >> run outfit.  Even when I did a large run of 500 glass mastered CDs
> >> through
> >> another company, the cost was still $2.40 a CD
> >>
> >>
> >> I doubt that they really do CDs - I think what they're doing is CDRs.
> >>
> >>
> >> -Michael
>
>
>


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