Hard drives used in pairs. No burnable media is in any way close to "reasonable" or archival. Eric Goldstein -- On 5/1/08, Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Are there any media that offer "reasonable," if not archival, longevity for > digital files? Although I have some respect for posterity, in about 20 > years I expect to have little or no involvement in it, anyway. > > Allen Zak > > On May 1, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Jeff Kelley wrote: > > > > I guarantee the claims are marketing hype. I worked for years at Sony as > an Application Engineer and Software Engineer during the beginning days of > CDROM. This was when the first 1X burners were tens of thousands of dollars > and the gold blanks were $25 to $35 EACH. They kept the blanks locked in a > metal cabinet & kept close tabs on them ;) > > > > I've had state of the art, lab quality CDs that were rated at 100 years + > die in less than 3 years. I've seen the same quality discs unreadable on a > second machine within seconds of burning them. And so on.... > > > > CDROMS and DVD media are NOT archival backups. Period. > > > > Jeff > > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:22 AM, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > This is inaccurate information. Those claims arr marketing hype. > > > > > > > > > Eric Goldstein > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/1/08, Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Those more expensive gold DVD's are supposed to be ok though. > > > > I'm getting those. > > > > > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > markrabiner.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Rollei List > > > > > > > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' > > > > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > > > > > > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with > > > > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > > > > > > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > > > > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Rollei List > > > > > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'subscribe' > > > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > > > > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > > > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > > > > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > > > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > > > > > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list