Hello Hydro, "Hydro Meteor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> DVD media is not recommended for serious or important backups because of > its low reliability. > > > I wonder how long ago this statement was written and if this still remains > true > today ( e.g., have there been improvements to DVD optical media over > time)? DVD-RAM was built with the intention that it keeps data save for 30 years. DVD-RAM has a defect management. DVD-RAM has a metallic dye different to DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW. DVD-RAM is much slower (! 3x or 5x) than the other optical formats. DVD-RAM is available in catridges to protect the media against physical harm, there are even DVD-RAM burners which accepts directly the catridge. But it is, as any phase change media, not suited for archival long term backup. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd-ram The information of the metallic dye was only on german wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-RAM mfg Eric
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