From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Mar 17 22:19:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA13554 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:19:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA13547 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:19:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA01615; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 07:18:24 +0100 (CET) To: William Maddox cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-R and Scanner recomendations for CD archiving of records? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:19:22 PST." Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 07:18:23 +0100 Message-ID: <1613.890201903@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message , William Maddox writes: > the most important question is "How stable is a >successfully written, verified, and properly stored CDR over time?" >I've seen archival lifespans quoted from between 30 and 100 years. >What other medium would you suggest for 5 to 25 year storage? Paper-tape, punched cards, barcode on microfilm ? :-) As for CDR living for 30 or 100 years, I'll belive that in 25 or 95 years respectively. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "Drink MONO-tonic, it goes down but it will NEVER come back up!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message