[ale] is USB stick safer than CD-ROM/DVD

[Bob Toxen]

Kodak still sells them.

One such site is:

     http://www.cosmo-media.com/25paprdv5.html

$2.25/disk for a 25-pack.  Kodak claims a lifetime of 80-100 years and
scratch-resistant surface even to survive frequent handling.
My Google search was:

     Kodak archival DVD

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On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:02:49AM -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> If you guys are really serious about long term storage on DVD then you
> should investigate "archival DVDs".  I'm not sure they exist, but
> Kodak used to sell archival CDs.
> 
> They used gold as the reflective surface.  iirc, at least with CDs the
> issue is that the top and bottom layer eventually separate and air is
> allowed into the mirror surface.  Eventually it oxidates and looses
> its reflectivity.  By using gold, you have no oxidation effect.
> 
> Kodak used to claim they were good for 50 years (iirc).
> 
> Greg
> 
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:14:45PM -0400, jtholmes wrote:
> >  > We have so many pictures on DVD that it takes about
> >  > 4 DVD's to hold them all and it keeps growing.
> >
> >  That dvdisaster site claims that data on DVDs first fails near the outer
> >  rim.  Inspecting my backup DVDs indicates that they are burned from the
> >  innermost ring first.
> >
> >  Thus, if one simply does not use more than 90-95% of the DVD capacity
> >  there will be no data near the outer rim and thus no data loss for a
> >  longer period of time.
> >
> >  Thoughts?
> >
> >  Bob
> >
> >
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