HDD last up to 40 years in ideal conditions so it's not the worst medium. I think the fear is that data kept in the digital realm may become unreadable in a cataclysmic event. What you are doing sounds like the most practical way to keep data offline in our current climate but what do you plan on doing if it gets worse? Hopefully you keep an air gapped legacy system around. I know I would like to build one but I'm running out of space. I was thinking of using optical and a legacy system that can at least read said optical. And printing out what can be printed of course.
[–] uvb76 ago
HDD last up to 40 years in ideal conditions so it's not the worst medium. I think the fear is that data kept in the digital realm may become unreadable in a cataclysmic event. What you are doing sounds like the most practical way to keep data offline in our current climate but what do you plan on doing if it gets worse? Hopefully you keep an air gapped legacy system around. I know I would like to build one but I'm running out of space. I was thinking of using optical and a legacy system that can at least read said optical. And printing out what can be printed of course.