Posted by Richard Crowley on 04/21/06 16:39

tonewheeljackson wrote ...
> I just read the other day that the next generation DVD will hold 50Gb.
> This means I will probably get my entire archive in wav format on *ONE
> DISK*. I might make 4 or 5 copies of that disk, so who cares if one
> gets damaged? It will also be an easy half-hour job to recopy the disk
> to fresh media every year if I want to, so I won't really have to worry
> about damage or aging, especially if I keep the old copies.

Be sure to use "4 or 5" different brands/types (+/-) as we have no
long-term hard data on what will last and what will suffer an early
demise. Unless you're planning on "refreshing" you copies every
2 years regardless.

Having suffered first-hand catastrophic loss from both writable
optical discs and hard drives, my only remaining faith is in digital
tape.

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