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Re: [opensuse] About Backing Up
- From: "Greg Freemyer" <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:32:57 -0500
- Message-id: <87f94c370702190832q5ddbfd38p1f860d904ca323b8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 2/17/07, Dennis J. Tuchler <dennis.tuchler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
AIUI, it relates to designed life of the media. For most CDs/DVDs it
is pretty short (a year or two I think. And the glue from the back of
the label will eat away your data. Don't use them.)
Check these out: http://www.kmpmedia.com/kodak-gold.html
That should be long enough for you (rated 100 to 300 years).
FYI: I was curious about the cost. $122 for 100-pack at
http://www.datamediastore.com/kodak-cd-r-29150.html.
Greg
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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?
AIUI, it relates to designed life of the media. For most CDs/DVDs it
is pretty short (a year or two I think. And the glue from the back of
the label will eat away your data. Don't use them.)
Check these out: http://www.kmpmedia.com/kodak-gold.html
That should be long enough for you (rated 100 to 300 years).
FYI: I was curious about the cost. $122 for 100-pack at
http://www.datamediastore.com/kodak-cd-r-29150.html.
Greg
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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century
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