On 2 Jan 2006 at 17:02, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > HDD drives are not only mechanically far less durable > than simple optical disks (CD/DVD) they also have a > lot of sensitive and rather complex electronics ( the > HDD controllers are built into the drives ) which also > can fail far more easily than any CD/DVD. Things like > shock, power surges, and static (ESD) can destroy a > HDD while a CD/DVD disk isnt subject to those vunerabilities... > I don't think > that any HDD, even the best, is ever going to be within > a magnitude of reliablility of a simple CD/DVD disk > which would be wanted, at least for archival usage...
I agree, having attended to many HDD failures over the years I trust them so little that all my critical data on-line is stored in RAID5 arrays or mirrors. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
