Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/06/05 15:46

":::Jerry::::" wrote ...
> "JT" wrote ...
>> In any case, at .25/GB storing DV files (and the project file) on a
>> hard drive costs less than leaving it on a high-quality tape
>> (Excellence at say $8/hour vs $3 for 12GB of disk space).
>
> The purchase price tag might well favour HDD storage but how much
> would data recovery cost if a HDD failed, the point I'm making is
> that tape based storage often only fails only partially and much data
> can often be retrieved cheaply or at no cost.

I have lost many hours of valuable video thinking that HDD
was a viable option to expensive DVCAM tapes ($33 each).
Then after a couple of the HDDs died, I learned my lesson the
hard way.

If the stuff you have shot isn't even worth $5 per mni-DV
tape, why even bother with archiving it?

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