A Couple Of Admins Podcasting Keith Albright, Rich Niemeier, and Ted Miller http://www.mevio.com/shows/?show=acoupleofadmins IT Managers and Systems Administrators discussing news and technologies related to the IT workspace. IT Managers and Systems Administrators discussing news and technologies related to the IT workspace. en Creative Commons License Keith Albright, Rich Niemeier, and Ted Miller RichandKeith@gmail.com http://psstatic.podshow.com/images/shows/14222/shows/small/acoupleofadmins.jpg?09d065ba8a0cecc6c6f1161e9a855164 A Couple Of Admins Podcasting http://www.mevio.com/shows/?show=acoupleofadmins Podcast no technology, geek, network, administrator, systems, computers Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:36:13 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss PodShow PDN RichandKeith@gmail.com webmaster@podshow.com Episode 11 - Digital Data Archiving Keith Albright, Rich Niemeier, and Ted Miller http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=74132&tId=2 Recorded: August 7, 2007
Your Hosts: Keith Albright, Rich Niemeier, Ted Miller, and Otto Kopeczky
Show Length: 1:34:52

This marks the first of ‘Special Topics’ episodes. As we discussed in previous shows, we’ve removed the ‘Main Topic’ section of the show and put it out on it’s own as a round-table discussion. If this works, we are hoping to release a new episode each week alternating between the regular show format and these special topic round-tables.

As for this episode, we previously kicked around tidbits on preserving your digital data safely and securely and decided to do an in-depth discussion. We are joined by Otto Kopeczky, a friend of Ted’s, to add some new viewpoints on the matter. We cover the various types of medias, the myths and realities surrounding their longevity as an archival medium, and some best practices to help preserve your digital data.

Here is a brief outline:

Media Deterioration

  • Best practices
  • Different Types of media (CD, USB, HDD, etc)
  • Life Expectancies for each type
  • Media variations (eg. CD-R lasts longer than CD-RW)
  • Factors: Humidity, temperature, sunlight exposure, pressure

Technical Obsolescence of media

  • Not just physical media, data format as well
  • JPG vs. BMP, MP3 vs. WMV, etc.
  • Open vs. proprietary

Links mentioned in this show:

Please see the show notes for all links and reference materials. Too many to list.

See the full show notes here.

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Your Hosts: Keith Albright, Rich Niemeier, and Ted Miller
Show Length: 1:29:40

This week we cover a variety of news and other topics; We have a brief discussion on technology vendor salespeople, Instant Messaging to interview job candidates, and a new fiber-optic cable. Ted informs us of the deadly threat lurking in our laser printers. As usual, we end with our website picks and we hope you enjoy.
NOTE: I think we finally nailed the sound quality. Let us know what you think.
Links mentioned in this show:

Other podcasts mentioned in this show:

Technorama

PaulDotCom Security Weekly

See the full show notes here.

Website Picks:

Keith’s Pick: Youlicit.com
Rich’s Pick: Free Church Music
Ted’s Pick: Etsy.com

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