Science > Physics > Storage expert warns of short life span for burned CDs
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"CDDC www.mantra.com/jai Dr. Jai Maharaj" |
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11 Jan 2006 03:40:26 PM |
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Storage expert warns of short life span for burned CDs |
Forwarded message
Subject: Worrying Backup Problems
From: Gordon Darling <me@privacy.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006
Storage expert warns of short life span for burned CDs
http://computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,107607,00.html
"Unlike pressed original CDs, burned CDs have a relatively short life
span of between two to five years, depending on the quality of the CD,"
Gerecke said in an interview this week. "There are a few things you can do
to extend the life of a burned CD, like keeping the disc in a cool, dark
space, but not a whole lot more."
Interesting but worrying read if you've got lots of priceless data stored
on CDRs.
Regards
Gordon
End of forwarded message
Jai Maharaj
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti
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| User: "Andy Resnick" |
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| Title: Re: Storage expert warns of short life span for burned CDs |
12 Jan 2006 08:26:37 AM |
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Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
Forwarded message
Subject: Worrying Backup Problems
From: Gordon Darling <me@privacy.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006
Storage expert warns of short life span for burned CDs
http://computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,107607,00.html
<snip>
Interesting but worrying read if you've got lots of priceless data stored
on CDRs.
The Library of Congress has already addressed this:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1216161
--
Andrew Resnick, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
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| User: "Jan Panteltje" |
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| Title: Re: Storage expert warns of short life span for burned CDs |
12 Jan 2006 08:47:11 AM |
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On a sunny day (Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:26:37 -0500) it happened Andy Resnick
<andy.resnick@op.case.edu> wrote in <dq5p2o$3k4$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu>:
Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
Forwarded message
Subject: Worrying Backup Problems
From: Gordon Darling <me@privacy.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006
Storage expert warns of short life span for burned CDs
http://computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,107607,00.html
<snip>
Interesting but worrying read if you've got lots of priceless data stored
on CDRs.
The Library of Congress has already addressed this:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1216161
They did, but NOT in that link!!!
LOL
Here is a recent real link:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/gipwog/StabilityStudy.pdf
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| User: "Jan Panteltje" |
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| Title: Re: Storage expert warns of short life span for burned CDs |
11 Jan 2006 04:16:15 PM |
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On a sunny day (Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:40:26 GMT) it happened
CDDC www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj) wrote in
<20060111KeEQO5985okYLE@FweO>:
"Unlike pressed original CDs, burned CDs have a relatively short life
span of between two to five years, depending on the quality of the CD,"
Gerecke said in an interview this week. "There are a few things you can do
to extend the life of a burned CD, like keeping the disc in a cool, dark
space, but not a whole lot more."
Interesting but worrying read if you've got lots of priceless data stored
on CDRs.
Regards
Gordon
End of forwarded message
It is total crap, are you saying max 5 years? I have some here from 2000 that
are still fine.
Even in 2001 the Imation DVD_RW had '100 years data rentention guarantee'.
Yes these are in the dark (case), of course you do not put these in sunlight
or an oven.
I still have to find ONE of the several hundred I have that fails.
But then again, my Seagate harddisks last >5 years, my Samsung monitor...
just do not buy crap or misuse stuff.
CD-R and DVD-R is a magnitude better for long time data storage onder moist
conditions (like relative humidity > 80% like here at sea) then tapes,
Tapes and floppies get fungus all over them, and some last only a month.
Some moron had to write some article because magazines are 'out', nobody
buys these anymore here now we all have DSL, and the article must cause enough
'shock' to get people to buy the crap paper.
Or maybe it was dropped by the hollowood anti-copy brigade.
Such enormous ***** *could* originate there.. look at their movies.
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| User: "Sam Wormley" |
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| Title: Re: Storage expert warns of short life span for burned CDs |
11 Jan 2006 04:24:22 PM |
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Jan Panteltje wrote:
On a sunny day (Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:40:26 GMT) it happened
CDDC www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj) wrote in
<20060111KeEQO5985okYLE@FweO>:
"Unlike pressed original CDs, burned CDs have a relatively short life
span of between two to five years, depending on the quality of the CD,"
Gerecke said in an interview this week. "There are a few things you can do
to extend the life of a burned CD, like keeping the disc in a cool, dark
space, but not a whole lot more."
Interesting but worrying read if you've got lots of priceless data stored
on CDRs.
Regards
Gordon
End of forwarded message
It is total crap, are you saying max 5 years? I have some here from 2000 that
are still fine.
Even in 2001 the Imation DVD_RW had '100 years data rentention guarantee'.
Yes these are in the dark (case), of course you do not put these in sunlight
or an oven.
I still have to find ONE of the several hundred I have that fails.
But then again, my Seagate harddisks last >5 years, my Samsung monitor...
just do not buy crap or misuse stuff.
CD-R and DVD-R is a magnitude better for long time data storage onder moist
conditions (like relative humidity > 80% like here at sea) then tapes,
Tapes and floppies get fungus all over them, and some last only a month.
Some moron had to write some article because magazines are 'out', nobody
buys these anymore here now we all have DSL, and the article must cause enough
'shock' to get people to buy the crap paper.
Or maybe it was dropped by the hollowood anti-copy brigade.
Such enormous ***** *could* originate there.. look at their movies.
CD-R Media Longevity
http://www.cd-info.com/CDIC/Technology/CD-R/Media/Longevity.html
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| User: "Dirk Van de moortel" |
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| Title: Re: Storage expert warns of short life span for burned CDs |
11 Jan 2006 05:31:36 PM |
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"Sam Wormley" <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:qAfxf.691038$x96.124074@attbi_s72...
Jan Panteltje wrote:
On a sunny day (Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:40:26 GMT) it happened
CDDC www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj) wrote in
<20060111KeEQO5985okYLE@FweO>:
"Unlike pressed original CDs, burned CDs have a relatively short life
span of between two to five years, depending on the quality of the CD,"
Gerecke said in an interview this week. "There are a few things you can do
to extend the life of a burned CD, like keeping the disc in a cool, dark
space, but not a whole lot more."
Interesting but worrying read if you've got lots of priceless data stored
on CDRs.
Regards
Gordon
End of forwarded message
It is total crap, are you saying max 5 years? I have some here from 2000 that
are still fine.
Even in 2001 the Imation DVD_RW had '100 years data rentention guarantee'.
Yes these are in the dark (case), of course you do not put these in sunlight
or an oven.
I still have to find ONE of the several hundred I have that fails.
But then again, my Seagate harddisks last >5 years, my Samsung monitor...
just do not buy crap or misuse stuff.
CD-R and DVD-R is a magnitude better for long time data storage onder moist
conditions (like relative humidity > 80% like here at sea) then tapes,
Tapes and floppies get fungus all over them, and some last only a month.
Some moron had to write some article because magazines are 'out', nobody
buys these anymore here now we all have DSL, and the article must cause enough
'shock' to get people to buy the crap paper.
Or maybe it was dropped by the hollowood anti-copy brigade.
Such enormous ***** *could* originate there.. look at their movies.
CD-R Media Longevity
http://www.cd-info.com/CDIC/Technology/CD-R/Media/Longevity.html
"New update"
dated 1998 ;-)
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