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Our legal department has stores of blank DVDs. It turns out that some legal artifacts must be stored in a permanent medium.
by hbarka 4y ago
Our legal department has stores of blank DVDs. It turns out that some legal artifacts must be stored in a permanent medium.
- cogman10 4y agoYikes, Writable DVDs/CDs are not permanent, far from it! The dyes in writable DVDs degrades over time. If your storage requirements are more than a couple of years you might have already experienced some pretty major data losses.
- jjav 4y ago> Yikes, Writable DVDs/CDs are not permanent, far from it! The dyes in writable DVDs degrades over time. They do degrade, but a "couple of years" is pessimistic. My earliest CD-Rs are from 1994 and they're still good.
- cogman10 4y agoCD-Rs will last longer than DVDs because the pits being written are larger. Further, audio can experience more degradation without perceptible impact. I've had DVD-Rs fail in 2 years. The type of DVD matters, of course. Here's a handy guide: https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/longevity-recordable-cds-dvds.html https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/con...