On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:03:07 -0500 Mike Wohlgemuth <mjw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I store the DVDs in the fire safe. Yes, my > server is RAID 5, but that won't do much good if the server is in the > house and the house is on fire. My fire safe is also rated to be > fireproof if dropped 30 feet. A fire safe is absolutely the wrong place to keep media like disks and tapes and so on. Fire safes work on the principle that they release steam when exposed to a fire. That steam is intended to keep the contents of the safe from catching on fire, obviously, but the safe is designed to protect paper records and the steam is hot enough to melt and destroy digital media. In the event of a very minor fire, your DVD's would stand a better chance of survival sitting on a shelf beside your fire safe than they would in the fire safe itself. In the event of a major fire, of course, the only way they'll survive is if you have them in a media safe. Yes, they do exist but they will cost you a lot more money than a generic fire safe. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
