Best vehicle for saving your best photos (Page 6): To cap off what I said above, SSD, thumb drives, SD, CF and similar cards are not acceptable as long-term storage because without a...

gessman Loc: Colorado

To cap off what I said above, SSD, thumb drives, SD, CF and similar cards are not acceptable as long-term storage because without a periodic supply of electricity, data begins to "seep" out and becomes unreadable, or so I've read.

ELNikkor

Every month I put my photos on a standard external hard drive (2 TB), and 125GB flash drives. Two technologies in two different parts of the house. If either messes up, I quickly restore it from the other.

hgrinolds

Dngallagher wrote:

A jpg side car?

The only side car file I know of is the .xmp file that contains edits of a proprietary raw file. Do you mean you shoot raw+jpg, importing both?

Yes.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

hgrinolds wrote:

Yes.

Never heard raw+jpg referred to that way...live & learn

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

gessman wrote:

To cap off what I said above, SSD, thumb drives, SD, CF and similar cards are not acceptable as long-term storage because without a periodic supply of electricity, data begins to "seep" out and becomes unreadable, or so I've read.

They are charge coupled devices (CCDs) and at some point in time the cell charge(s) DO bleed off and that is how data is lost/corrupted. A lot longer than you think. it's not like weeks or a month or three. I have a USB stick that is a couple of years old with songs on it for the car and still working fine. Plugging the device(s) in occasionally re-builds the charges.

Deanie1113

Thank you EVERYONE for these wonderful responses! I have so much to consider and I really appreciate all of your time!

gessman Loc: Colorado

Longshadow wrote:

They are charge coupled devices (CCDs) and at some point in time the cell charge(s) DO bleed off and that is how data is lost/corrupted. A lot longer than you think. it's not like weeks or a month or three. I have a USB stick that is a couple of years old with songs on it for the car and still working fine. Plugging the device(s) in occasionally re-builds the charges.

Right on! I think I read where digital media started to become suspect around the two year mark. Thanks for bringing that up.

DePratt Loc: Stantonsburg, NC

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frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

DePratt wrote:

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

gessman wrote:

Right on! I think I read where digital media started to become suspect around the two year mark. Thanks for bringing that up.

My guess would be that the "two year" mark would be if it is left on a shelf for two years and never plugged in to "recharge".

Robert M Loc: Clifton, NJ

Me too.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Longshadow wrote:

My guess would be that the "two year" mark would be if it is left on a shelf for two years and never plugged in to "recharge".

Yes, and that is precisely the point - it isn't good for long term storage or as good as a spinning disc hard drive that can be problematic also due to the lubricant inside hardening. On balance, for permanent storage, whatever mechanism is used is potentially problematic so rotation from old to newer devices periodically before limitations are reached is a good idea if what you're storing is truly indispensable and must be permanently retained.

Robert M Loc: Clifton, NJ

I was following this stream also and I really find your response to the original question very informative. Thank you for sharing your thoughts...

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

gessman wrote:

Yes, and that is precisely the point - it isn't good for long term storage or as good as a spinning disc hard drive that can be problematic also due to the lubricant inside hardening. On balance, for permanent storage, whatever mechanism is used is potentially problematic so rotation from old to newer devices periodically before limitations are reached is a good idea if what you're storing is truly indispensable and must be permanently retained.

azdustdevil

Multiple backups for me. Keepers on monster thumb drive. All photos on external hard drive. Third backup of all work on iDrive cloud. All photos are stored as raw files. Better be safe than sorry.