Do you recommend CD-R, CD-RW, or Tape Backup?
David Spires
working on, or other people's projects that have gotten too big to keep on
my audio drive. I have a CD-R, but it seems like a waste to spend $2 after
every session on each song to back it up. Would a tape drive be better or
faster, or do I need to get a CD-RW instead?
I know that some CD-R can be bought for less, but am I running a chance of
having a backup with errors?
Thanks for your help guys,
David Spires
"The Doghouse"
Jeremy Taylor
CD-RW can handle most tasks
But if you want to store an entire album Tape is better
Plus on important data the redundancy helps me sleep a little better
JT
David Spires wrote in message <01be37f5$ee15bdb0$ac0126c7@spiredc-ws>...
Tim Greenwood
reliability. I have tapes over 10 years old working fine still. Tapes
typically have a much higher quality recording surface than diskettes and
are intended for long shelf life. Of course this is subject to the
environment in which it is stored. Given the same (clean) environment
however, you are correct that CD's will last indefinitely! But because of
the instability of some CDR's (drives) it is a good idea to reread ALL
freshly created CDR's on a different standard CD-ROM. Read the disk in its
entirety before retiring it to the archives. I know more than 1 person
(myself included) that has been burnt by disks which the software said were
burned successfully only to find out they were unusable.
Nicholas Delonas wrote in message ...
>In article <01be37f5$ee15bdb0$ac0126c7@spiredc-ws>,
>David....@alcoa.com says...
which is not true of any tape format.
>
Nicholas Delonas
> working on, or other people's projects that have gotten too big to keep on
> my audio drive. I have a CD-R, but it seems like a waste to spend $2 after
> every session on each song to back it up. Would a tape drive be better or
> faster, or do I need to get a CD-RW instead?
>
> I know that some CD-R can be bought for less, but am I running a chance of
> having a backup with errors?
I think CD-R is your best bet. ($2 is nothing!)
I have a pretty reliable DAT tape backup that automatically backs up
everything every night. I have enough tapes to keep back ups going back
about six weeks. The best thing is the automatic part. That way I can't
forget and, at most, I'll lose a day's work.
For permanent backups, I use CD-R. I log every CD-R, so I know where to
find old projects. I keep the CD-Rs in a fire-resistant safe and have
never had a problem retrieving anything from a disk.
When people have problems retrieving saved sessions, it's almost always
the fault of the CD-R drive itself, and not the burned CD. Unfortunately
the drives are somewhat unreliable and may not last very long. But the
disks themselves will last a very long time if you take care of them,
which is not true of any tape format.
I'm on my second CD-R drive already. All the disks burned by the first
one read just fine again.
My $0.02.
--
Nicholas Delonas
Cult V
http://www.cultv.com
Tim Greenwood
having only 1 backup copy of your work is asking to get bit! I always
backup to 2 different media and take one out of my house(fires happen when
you least expect it!)
David Spires wrote in message <01be37f5$ee15bdb0$ac0126c7@spiredc-ws>...
>I am getting to the stage now that I want rock solid backups of songs I am
>working on, or other people's projects that have gotten too big to keep on
>my audio drive. I have a CD-R, but it seems like a waste to spend $2 after
>every session on each song to back it up. Would a tape drive be better or
>faster, or do I need to get a CD-RW instead?
>
>I know that some CD-R can be bought for less, but am I running a chance of
>having a backup with errors?
>
Jan Gerstenberger
I would second that. Also, as long as your project aren't too big, you
can store several versions of them on one CD-R by not closing the disk
after recording so that you can add additional sessions - helps save
some money.
Jan
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Paul Harker
system to CD-R(W)??
Paul
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Steve Myers
Then start with B. Compare the dollar amount with the amount of effort
you put into A.
Is it worth it? You decide.
A
> ... I want rock solid backups of songs I am working on ...
B
> ... it seems like a waste to spend $2 after