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just backup your data to blueray (25 GB) or use PaperBack 1.0 for a 1 or more MB per A4 depending on compression. http://www.ollydbg.de/Paperbak/index.html http

just backup your data to blueray (25 GB) or use PaperBack 1.0 for a 1 or more MB per A4 depending on compression. http://www.ollydbg.de/Paperbak/index.html http://www.ollydbg.de/Paperbak/index.html My girlfriend is already printing out the family pictures as she doesn't trust me keeping the backups of the jpegs.

masklinn 13y ago
There's no guarantee that the data will reach your BR disk intact. Or that a writable BR will survive for years (let alone decades)
- Dylan16807 13y ago
  It's pretty trivial to check that a write succeeded. Unless you mean getting corrupted before putting the data into the redundant/backup system, which can happen just as easily with ZFS or almost any setup.
gvb 13y ago
I would expect blueray to be worse life expectancy than DVD since it is more dense. DVDs have worse life expectancy than CDs. CDs have somewhere between poor and acceptable lifetimes. Good luck. Ref: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R#Lifespan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R#Lifespan * Library of Congress "CD-R and DVD-R RW Longevity Research" http://www.loc.gov/preservation/scientists/projects/cd-r_dvd-r_rw_longevity.html http://www.loc.gov/preservation/scientists/projects/cd-r_dvd... The actual study: http://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rt/NIST_LC_OpticalDiscLongevity.pdf http://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rt/NIST_LC_Optical... * http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/opticalmedialongevity.html http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/opticalmedialongevity.html (references the NIST study above)
anon4 13y ago
1) I would never trust my data to something that degrades as easily as a plastic disc 2) I would never trust my data to a medium that can get destroyed if touched with your finger the wrong way and you're required to handle it manually to read the data on it
- fsiefken 13y ago
  is there any other medium that would be suitable and provides more storage then engraving to metal or stone?
dublinben 13y ago
If you expect long term storage, you better be using M-Discs, not cheap Blurays. They've been tested to last 1000 years, which is far longer than other optical media. http://www.mdisc.com/ http://www.mdisc.com/
- chongli 13y ago
  They've been tested to last 1000 years With what? A time machine?

masklinn 13y ago

There's no guarantee that the data will reach your BR disk intact. Or that a writable BR will survive for years (let alone decades)

Dylan16807 13y ago
It's pretty trivial to check that a write succeeded. Unless you mean getting corrupted before putting the data into the redundant/backup system, which can happen just as easily with ZFS or almost any setup.

gvb 13y ago

I would expect blueray to be worse life expectancy than DVD since it is more dense. DVDs have worse life expectancy than CDs. CDs have somewhere between poor and acceptable lifetimes. Good luck. Ref: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R#Lifespan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R#Lifespan * Library of Congress "CD-R and DVD-R RW Longevity Research" http://www.loc.gov/preservation/scientists/projects/cd-r_dvd-r_rw_longevity.html http://www.loc.gov/preservation/scientists/projects/cd-r_dvd... The actual study: http://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rt/NIST_LC_OpticalDiscLongevity.pdf http://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rt/NIST_LC_Optical... * http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/opticalmedialongevity.html http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/opticalmedialongevity.html (references the NIST study above)

anon4 13y ago

1) I would never trust my data to something that degrades as easily as a plastic disc 2) I would never trust my data to a medium that can get destroyed if touched with your finger the wrong way and you're required to handle it manually to read the data on it

fsiefken 13y ago
is there any other medium that would be suitable and provides more storage then engraving to metal or stone?

dublinben 13y ago

If you expect long term storage, you better be using M-Discs, not cheap Blurays. They've been tested to last 1000 years, which is far longer than other optical media. http://www.mdisc.com/ http://www.mdisc.com/

chongli 13y ago
They've been tested to last 1000 years With what? A time machine?