CDs are actually much more suitable than DVDs and Blu-ray for long term storage, because their data pits are many times larger and it will take that much longer for oxidation to erase these pits. Of course, you have to pay for all the extra discs, burn 7x more discs, and store 7x more discs than you would in DVDs.

For corporate, it is probably more due to tradition and conservatism that they use tape backups. Or perhaps they don't really plan to touch the tape backups ever again once they are created and perhaps don't really care if data is lost. Active RAID storage for pure backup purposes that are not likely to be used at all would simply incur more cost than off-line tape storage.

Iianm, currently there are no hybrid drives that have 30GB of NAND and 500GB in platters.

not sure how true is it but the life span written on the cover is 100-year

Any portable 2.5" hard drive to recommend? Capacity between 750GB to 1TB.

I'm actually quite confused between WD My Passport Essential, My Passport Essential SE and My Passport. They seem kinda the same to me...

There's always M-disc: http://millenniata.com/m-disc/

It's still expensive though and no one can really say it will last forever yet, since... the company hasn't been around long enough to be called "forever".
On theory though, the technology they use does seem to imply M-disc will retain your data forever.

I'm thinking to buy a pack to try it out as I have an exact LG DVD drive that supports the M-disc format.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Jun 16 2012, 05:40 PM

Quoted:
The M-DISC utilizes chemically stable and heat-resistant materials that are not used in any other DVD or optical disc! These materials cannot be overwritten, erased, or corrupted by natural processes. Data is stored on the M-DISC by physically altering the data layer and creating permanent voids or holes. This new method of burning data is specifically designed to make your data endure the next 1000 years. <<

today my seagate barracuda was dead.
not under warranty anymore, all data gone
i plug in power and sata cable
the harddisk got no response at all

Heard that Thunderbolt offer a very fast speed, if so, is there any external HDD that supports TB n USB 3.0 in the market now? juz curious as i nvr came across this new TB format on external HDD.

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex

Found 1 but its' quite pricey for 750gb hdd.

This post has been edited by sai86: Jun 17 2012, 12:11 AM

Is sad to heard that each and everyday someone HDD is gone. Even the data is not that important but still the files inside is kept from a very long time of accumulation. Ever since, the HDD is getting bigger and bigger and our files are getting more and more collection we still feel sad that all the data is gone now FOREVER. So, best way is to make a backup and that means we more HDD and cost of HDD now are insanely high. If you had 3TB that mean another for the backup will cost double) RM1k

ya lol, luckily the one dead just 320gb and all my important data inside external harddisk. but some song just downloaded all gone, song list gone. sigh!

Yeah, let's call our descendants from God knows where 1000 years later and ask them if our pr0n collection still intact in that M-disc or not.

In all seriousness, $20 USD for 5 discs (not counting shipping)... dang, expensive man.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Jun 17 2012, 02:49 AM

Guys, having multiple times copying files over and over will cause some data loses?

Some of my movie files are corrupted or having some glitch during scenes time and also not to mentions mp3.

unlikely but i experienced this, the culprit was faulty ram and eventually lead to intermittent bluescreen. do u encounter any bluescreen lately?

External HDDs with USB 3.0 will perform about the same as external HDDs with Thunderbolt, both has maximum transfer speeds that exceeds what HDDs can do. You might see a performance difference if you used SSDs instead of HDDs, but that is more expensive and wasteful.

Copying files over and over will normally not cause data loss. It could be bad RAM as sotong168 suggested, or it could be that you have bad sectors, or that your HDD is dying. I would recommend doing a full HDD scan and checking the SMART attributes. You can use the HDDScan software that is linked in the first post.

just sent my 500GB preflood HDD to RMA today
bought 1TB WD Blue Caviar
the pain when receipt shows that i paid RM108 for that 500GB and now im paying RM280 for 1 Terabyte..that pain..

Anyone used WD Scorpio Blue?
Any reviews?

Guys, I'm looking for 2.5inches 2TB external hdd. Budget around RM600+ Any recommendation? So far the one i found is the WD latest hdd...

2.5" got such large capacity?

Yes. RM699 i found. WD PASSPORT USB3 or Studio version which cost around Rm799

Question. My client ask me to get a 3.5 internal Hitachi 2TB HDD that cost around RM385 (C-Zone price list), cost more than Seagate & WD.

Is Hitachi hdd more better than Seagate or WD?

Or just the stock is low so thats why the price is higher?

TQ.

Just bought a 2TB Hitachi 7K3000 last week...stocks are very limited now...been to many shops in LY also couldnt find.
End up got it from Jayacom for rm370..according to LY shops...whats left on the market are the last batch of stock..since they got bought over by WD

From my research..seems that its more reliable than WD green and the newer Seagates...