Re:Dvdisaster: improving data survivability on optical archi...
by ghshephard on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @06:49AM
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If people are really interested in using DVDs for archival purposes, they should really consider these - http://www.mdisc.com/, rated for 1000+ years.
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Re:Dvdisaster: improving data survivability on optical archi...
by walterbell on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @08:57AM
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Hard to believe, but apparently the discs did survive quite a bit of abuse, http://www.zdnet.com/torture-testing-the-1000-year-dvd-70000...
http://www.fileformat.info has good news feed & references on digital preservation.