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In the first post of this series, I introduced the concepts of physical versus logical readability and explained how getting back your bits in 100 years is a hard problem, but one with solid product and technology solutions. Last post, I explained why there's no simple solution to being able to turn those bits back into information, but there are ways through careful planning to avoid the pitfalls. So how can you solve the logical readability ...
A few things I've spotted around the web: Tony Pearson was at the Gartner Data Center Conference last week in Las Vegas; we were there too and it was an absolutely fantastic show. I didn't get to go, but the reports I have back are that it was full of people who were fanatical about saving money on their storage, not just concerned with where the next steak dinner is at the show. The best quote that Tony provides is from a lunch talk: The lun...
In my last post in this series I introduced the concepts of physical versus logical readability and explained how getting back your bits in 100 years is a hard problem in itself but is not alone sufficient for a complete archive. Accurately being able to store and retrieve bits -- maintaining physical readability -- over a long period of time is critical to an archive, as is being able to do so cost effectively, but is not enough. Logical reada...
After my post about dirty little secrets a few weeks ago, Joe Martins from Data Mobility Group wrote to point out the real "dirty little secret" about archive systems: even if your archival storage is reliable, it doesn't mean you can do anything useful with your data once to retrieve it in the distant future. There's more to a digital archive than just being able to store and retrieve your bits from media. If your storage system has been desig...