Re: Escaping Data Rot

[dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> 
> A corollary is that the best backup medium for a hard disk is another
> hard disk.  It is much cheaper and infinitely more convenient to do a
> disk-to-disk copy than to play with changing removeable optical disks.
> 

Agreed. I've always had the notion that the safest place to store digital
data is on a hard disk system. It's sealed, secure, and high-capacity. Of
course, tape can have a nice long life-span as well.