XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: jjb@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 27-09-2024 20:39, Shadow wrote:   
   > On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:36:29 -0000 (UTC), Rich    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> In comp.os.linux.misc Nux Vomica  wrote:   
   >>> It seems that a lot of users are, irrationally, opposed to the   
   >>> use of optical media for long-term archival storage.   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >   
   > 	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?   
   > 	[]'s   
      
   I completely agree.  In at least 25 years I never lost a byte.  Mind   
   you, I make duplicates of really important data.   
      
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