Re: Alternative to Optical Storage????

On 27-09-2024 20:39, Shadow wrote:

On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:36:29 -0000 (UTC), Rich <rich@example.invalid>
wrote:
 

In comp.os.linux.misc Nux Vomica <nv@linux.rocks> wrote:

It seems that a lot of users are, irrationally, opposed to the
use of optical media for long-term archival storage.

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Having personally experienced failures of both cd-r and dvd-r media
wherein the recorded media became unreadable in a very short timeframe
(only a few years) even with proper storage it is not at all irrational
to be skeptical of claims of significant lifetimes for optical media
(esp.  the user recordable type, pressed disks are a different matter).
Existing user recordable optical systems have, so far, had a poor track
record, so any new system has a higher bar to get over before it is
trusted for any long-term archive use.
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  I back up to DVD. Some of my backups (CDs) are 30 years old,
and > 99% work perfectly. Since optical media is dirt cheap, I do
duplicate backups, and if one gives a read error, I include its better
half in my next backup.
I use USB pendrives for very short term storage, and rotate.
They tend to go bad.
As to storing sensitive data on someone else's computer, LOL,
why not give them all your passwords and company secrets too?
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I completely agree.  In at least 25 years I never lost a byte.  Mind you, I make duplicates of really important data.