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Subject: Re: ATTN: Spike - Question - - Data on top of DVD
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 03:06:56 -0500
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:35:11 +1100, Polygon <DeadParrot@the.Aviary>
wrote:
>On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 23:07:11 +0000, "|--Spike=-"
><|--Spike=-@Home.Co.UK> wrote:
>
>>I had series 1 thru 14 archived on DVD, but over time they have become
>>very slightly corrupted OR they just didn't back-up properly at the
>>time.
>
>Hi, Spike:
>
>Maybe I can offer a few useful comments and observations about
>long-term storage...
>
>It's my experience that optical discs which are not commercially
>manufactured don't store well except under ideal conditions - cool
>place, low humidity, no sunlight. By "commercially manufactured" I
>mean that the data is already on the disc when you buy it. Discs [CD
>or DVD] that you burn the data onto are the "not commercially
>manufactured" ones.
>
>The reasons for this are varied, and you just can't get away from the
>inherent problems. What happens is moisture finds its way into the
>recording layer and causes it to bubble and flake off. When that
>happens, you can kiss your data goodbye.
>
>There is an alternative. External hard disc drives.
>
>I don't know about prices outside of Australia, but if you look around
>a little, you can buy 4TB [actually 3.63TB] hard drives for just under
>$AUST200. Blank DVDs [4.38GB] are about $0.40 each. Do the maths and
>it works out that 828 DVDs = 1x4TB disk, which means that for
>equivalent storage, DVDs cost about $330 compared to the EHDD $200
>
>I've been using EHDDs for nearly 10 years now, and I've NEVER had a
>failure. I use either Western Digital or Seagate.
>
>I currently have 12 EHDDs on 3 separate computers
>
>Polygon
Thank you Polygon
And data is stored on the label side of the DVD, just under the paint.
You can scratch the bottom plastic lens and get away with it. Scratch
the paint on label side, ouch, sometimes black marker works.
I buy 2TB external USB 3.0 hard drives for about US$85.
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