on 3/8/04 7:09 PM, Nic wrote: >I realise the common consensus in terms of longevity are > CD's over DVDS's. Any DVD info? > With the terabyte Lacie drive I'm thinking this may be the way to go! > Regards, > Nicola > > Dear Nicola
I'm shooting some Sony computer bits at the moment and they have a new system which sounds very appealing. It operates like a cd or DVD only the 'cd' has a very scratch proof coating (a diamond would scratch it), sits inside a carrier (like DVD RAM), holds 23GB of data and reckoned to be stable for 50 years. The burner uses a blue laser, and at the moment costs about �1.3K, the disks costing $40 odd. A 40+ GB version is also on the cards! The tech guy from Sony said don't archive onto HD's for the long term as the armatures will invariably stick! This sounds like a viable archive solution, hopefully I will be able to get my hands on one to test soon! A terabyte of data is a lot to loose in one go! Regards Darrin Jenkins =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
