The History of Backup

The History of Backup, written by Maxim Yurin of SoftLogica has put together a very nice web page which brings together in chronological order the evolution of computer data backup.

The web page will bring back memories of Punched Cards, Magnetic Tapes, and bring you to more modern day storage like Floppy Disks, Hard Disks, CD/DVD media. The site also captures the latest of technologies like the Blu-Ray Disks and HD-DVD. Not to forget, network based backup solutions have been mentioned as well.

The site will serve as a great source of information for students as well as those who would like to get a better understanding of how data backup storage has evolved over the years.

Do you know how much a Blu-Ray disc can store? Quoting from the site:

Blu-laser discs using organic dyes, such as the Sony Blu-ray format (between 23GB and 54GB) and Toshiba’s HD-DVD are the next step to further reduction of the cost of removable media along with capacity growth and improvement of usability. They appeared on the market in 2006 and are already considered as promising devices for data backup.

The completely advertisement-free web page is a must read for all. I spent a good 30 minutes reading thru the well-written content on the page.