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

epc8@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> 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.
>

That should have read 120 GB. I am refering to removable IDE drives.
Sorry for the missunderstanding.

Donald
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