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Why not just burn them on the CD? This way they are safe from hacker's attacks, and still in the digital form. There are special types of CDs that will last dec
by mamon 7y ago
Why not just burn them on the CD? This way they are safe from hacker's attacks, and still in the digital form. There are special types of CDs that will last decades. There even is such thing as "1000 years dvd" :)
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoThose special optical discs are traditionally pressed and gold sputtered. Burnable discs are not suitable for long term archives.
- gtyras2mrs 7y agoM-DISC claims a 1000 year lifespan. LG has some consumer writers that support M-DISC I believe. There are Sony BD-XL 128GB discs that claim 50 years of shelf life - however I'm not sure if they are suitable for archives. However as long as they are regularly tested - they could be decent enough for cold-storage. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/ataj1o/upping_the_optical_ante_sonys_128gb_quad_layer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/ataj1o/upping_...
- kakwa_ 7y agoPaper is proven to last a few hundred years without issues, if stored properly, and we know all the kinks of storing it properly. It's easy to read, contrary to a DVD (you need a DVD drive). It's also cheap. Why make things complex when they could be simple.