[Ardour-Users] Archive media

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 11:11 -0400, Brett McCoy wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe at d.umn.edu> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Brett McCoy <idragosani at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>> :D raid on a DAW?! Btw. are the safes also flooding proved?
> >>
> >> I keep my fireproof safe on the second story of my house... if we get
> >> a flood that high I will have more serious problems worry about than
> >> my backups :-)
> >
> > The fire burns the second floor and it collapses into the basement,
> > then the firemen put out the fire and their hoses flood the basement.
> >
> > Don't say I didn't warn you.
> 
> Again, I will have more serious issues to contend with if that happens.
> 
> I really should implement an offsite backup policy, too, but if
> someone drops a bomb on the city, it could be an issue.

At least a dirty bomb seems to be an issue. But AFAIK backups aren't an
issue anymore, if somebody drops a dirty bomb.

Seriously, don't go through Alice's mirror.

Backups on CDs and DVDs are not secure, while any backup on a
magnetically media is "relative" secure.