Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-03-08 10:04, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
You can not archive for long term a binary database on a different media. You need to also archive with it the software needed to read it.
Tape is your answer. The only media guaranteed and tested for 20-30 years storage.
Paper is for millennia :-p
Heh, check your grandfathers old papers - brown, bleached, ink disappeared or soaked into the next page. Maybe laser-printed will last for long enough, dunno.
Realistically though, shuffling to another hard disk is enough for me.
I think I read about a memory crystal somewhere. Perhaps an article in the OT list.
Yes, there is stuff like that coming out, there is also "long-life" CDs and DVDs, although the latter have not been sufficiently tested either. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (1.3°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org