[ale] Backup large files to span DVDs

[Steve Litt]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 06:02:01 -0700
Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:

> That's all consistent with my own experiences, too.  But in
> accelerated lifetime testing there's a significant variance in
> lifetime probably owing to production quality and defects between and
> within manufacturers and maybe even, to a lesser extent, on the burn
> quality from the drives themselves.
> 
> The current opinion is that they're not reliable enough on a
> consistent basis for long term (>50 year) archiving of data.

Yeah, 50+ you get into the area of pen on paper or print on paper. I
can't imagine a single technological standard being used today that will
still be manufactured in 2065.

SteveT

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