Re: OT but possibly important: shelf life of CD's


Donald Tees wrote:
> Peter Lacey wrote:
> > Kurt Gerecke, a storage expert at IBM Deutschland Gmbh, is quoted in the
> > January 20 issue of Computerworld Canada as stating that burned CD's,
> > unlike pressed original CD's, have a shelf life of 2-3 years, and
> > recommending that for long-term storage magnetic tape should be used.
> > He would seem to be a plausible source! Is there anything else current
> > in the news about this? (I don't get many of the trade mags). If it's
> > true - what are the implications for cold storage? Or are CD's not used
> > all that much? (I'm asking because it's something I've never had to
> > worry about. I have 30-year-old 800bpi tapes that are still readable!)
> >
> > PL
>
> Though only applicable to PC's. I have gone to drive bays with 120meg
> disks in them for backup. I have 4, which I revolve. Not suitable for
> archiving, but very functional for backup. Works well.
>
> Donald

Are you still using LS-120s (120 MB "SuperDisks" the size of 3.5"
floppy disks)? I used these about 6 years ago for daily backups. Within
a year 1/7 drives failed and 2/7 disks failed.

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