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> DVD-R (gold metal layer) 50 to 100 years These are the only DVDs listed with such a long life. I don't care about RW. Anyone know a brand/model of such DVDs
by TacticalCoder 2y ago
> DVD-R (gold metal layer) 50 to 100 years
These are the only DVDs listed with such a long life. I don't care about RW. Anyone know a brand/model of such DVDs I can still buy today?
(and, yup, I'm one of those still burning DVDs with important data on it and, no, I don't have that much important data and, no, I don't backup only on DVDs)
P.S: speaking of which it's a major PITA but most PC cases brand/models do not offer anymore a slot for a DVD reader/burner. I really dig my "Be Quiet!" tower (Pure Base 500 / military/beige color) but there's no 5"1/4 slot to put a DVD reader in there. It pisses me off so much I may re-assemble my modern PC in an old case : (
- bayindirh 2y agoI have never lost data from well cared TDK and Verbatim disks. TDK even had scratch-proof hardened DVDs. For extremely important data, I’d burn three copies enhanced with dvdisaster error correction data. I recently moved these disks to a distributed/backed up storage system since I’m low on physical space. All disks read at full speed with no hiccups. Another alternative is M-Discs if you can find them.
- flyingspaceship 2y agoVerbatim has an "archival" brand which appears to be the gold disks. m disks are interesting. can function as dvds and last 1000 years (allegedly). so if you're trying to write something to disk that you want the civilization after ours to be able to read it's a solid choice