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Re: [opensuse] About Backing Up
- From: David Brodbeck <gull@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:54:37 -0800
- Message-id: <45D7A3CD.2040804@xxxxxxx>
Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
> I have seen advice on listservs not to back up to a CD ROM. I never
> understood why. Why is it a bad idea to use CDROMS as storage media?
>
They're a bit slow to write to, but other than that I don't see any
reason not to.
My experience suggests you can't count on CD-RWs for long-term
backups...like more than a few years. CD-Rs seem to hold up pretty well
as long as you don't expose them to direct sunlight.
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> I have seen advice on listservs not to back up to a CD ROM. I never
> understood why. Why is it a bad idea to use CDROMS as storage media?
>
They're a bit slow to write to, but other than that I don't see any
reason not to.
My experience suggests you can't count on CD-RWs for long-term
backups...like more than a few years. CD-Rs seem to hold up pretty well
as long as you don't expose them to direct sunlight.
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