Store and Share
Best File Formats
We use high resolution cameras, best practices techniques, and industry standard file formats. We stay current with technology developments and the good news is that today’s High Quality and Intelligent Compression file formats are good for storing and sharing.
Online Storage
Online storage solutions provide secure and convenient off site storage. You should also make local copies of your files, but the cloud storage solutions are very secure with most being hosted in data centers with layers of redundancy and state of the art disaster protection.
Sharing is Copying
The other great thing about online storage is that it facilitates sharing. If you encourage the people you share with to make a local copy as well, this is one of the most effective ways to make more copies of your data. The more copies there are the better chance you have of preserving them into the future.
Store Your Archive
Your Archive needs to be stored in many copies. The more copies and the more different formats there are, the better your files will be preserved. Cloud Storage Solutions are an important tool in this process, as they are an industrial data preservation system that includes a hardware maintenance and renewal service as part of the regular fee you pay to use the service. You should also regularly make fresh copies of your data. In the digital age, data multiplication is data preservation.
Share the Stories
That being said, the task your undertaking with your Archive is bigger than a technical job of accurately and durably creating records. You are also recording these stories so that they will be heard, understood, and incorporated into the living memories of your family going forward.
Sharing is not just the enjoyment you get today, it is the living legacy and transmission of life experience and wisdom that makes this task so important and rewarding.