[ale] OT- Re: Cd-r life

[Richard Faulkner]

Agreed on the frailness of flash memory Wolf.  One trip to Willie's
Place in 
Hillsboro, TX during the studio build had me carrying a ton of gear with
me 
through ATL/TSA and saw my bags (laptop bag, HDD's and thumb-drives)
getting scanned at least three time before being cleared.  All of my
sticks 
were toast in some fashion.  I cringed as they scanned them...

In the end I got my work done but had to d/l fresh images for my drives
and
rebuild them on the road to finish the studio installs.  Frustrating.

Paper is a longer term storage media (correct) but due to light effects
and
acid content of paper (which varies) it does come apart if not properly 
selected and cared for.  

This is an issue which I'm starting to wrestle with for the long-term
care 
and preservation of data and photographic archives for the 34th PRS 
website and project.  At this point all archival is done on CD-R and HDD
with new archives coming to long-term (gold) optical media.  Most all
of 
what we have in storage at this point is (green) media -- likely part of
the 
reason why they have lasted so long.    ----R


-----Original Message-----
From: wolf at wolfhalton.info <wolf at wolfhalton.info>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] OT- Re: Cd-r life
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:48:06 -0400

Even the best CDR-W have about a 2-year life expectancy
Paper is by far the most time-resistant media for photos.  
Ansel Adams Photos still exist. (They always looked that weird)

Do you want to start talking about the relative friability of media?
flash memory has about a max life of 5 years unless the stick or 
SHD is powered up at regular intervals. (I am not sure of the interval)

-Wolf


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Subject: [ale] OT- Re: Cd-r life
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 06:46:52 -0400


On Sat October 2 2010, Ron Frazier wrote:
> TDK had a similar product at one time, but I couldn't find it on their
> website now.  Here's the link to their storage media website.  Look for the
> word archival in the name, but be sure to check the specs.  Some discs are
> just a heavy duty scratch resistant standard discs.
>
> http://www.tdkperformance.com/en-us/Storage-Media/
ok, since we are now talking photos & not linux, it becomes OT:)

the problem with the photoarchival TDK CDs is, it now takes me 2 DVDs to store 
my photos, and that size grows almost daily:) I now use at least 1 USB stick 
to store photos on. As soon as I get A JOB, I will get a bigger USB stick, 
and eventually multiple sticks, just for my photos..





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