Every year i burn an identical set of discs with the past years photos, and store them in separate locations. I use a mix of 25GB and 100GB discs, depending on the previous years photo activity (Covid-19 years fit on 25GB discs :D )
I also maintain a couple of external drives at the same locations that are surface scanned/updated/rotated yearly.
I use no form of encryption or archiving software, and while some discs have a PAR2 file "embedded" this is not my regular practice. I don't want to be in a situation 20 years from now where i've forgotten the encryption password to my archive (though in 20 years todays encryption will probably be "trivial" to break)
> They also seem to get harder to find
I have noticed the same, and i hope that the industry realizes that there is a need for long term archiving at a consumer level price. Considering that all family photos these days are essentially all digital, there is either the option to archive it, or make physical copies, which is something i have considered as well.
When it comes to documents, i make normal backups, but i don't archive them. The archive is disaster recovery, and if everything else has failed (including 3-2-1 backups), i doubt my 10+ year old documents are worth anything to me. Anything important exists in government databases and/or as physical copies. This may of course not be the case for everybody.
Every year i burn an identical set of discs with the past years photos, and store them in separate locations. I use a mix of 25GB and 100GB discs, depending on the previous years photo activity (Covid-19 years fit on 25GB discs :D )
I also maintain a couple of external drives at the same locations that are surface scanned/updated/rotated yearly.
I use no form of encryption or archiving software, and while some discs have a PAR2 file "embedded" this is not my regular practice. I don't want to be in a situation 20 years from now where i've forgotten the encryption password to my archive (though in 20 years todays encryption will probably be "trivial" to break)
> They also seem to get harder to find
I have noticed the same, and i hope that the industry realizes that there is a need for long term archiving at a consumer level price. Considering that all family photos these days are essentially all digital, there is either the option to archive it, or make physical copies, which is something i have considered as well.
When it comes to documents, i make normal backups, but i don't archive them. The archive is disaster recovery, and if everything else has failed (including 3-2-1 backups), i doubt my 10+ year old documents are worth anything to me. Anything important exists in government databases and/or as physical copies. This may of course not be the case for everybody.