Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Reliable archival of recordings
From: Jan Depner (eviltwin69_AT_cableone.net)
Date: Fri Dec 19 2003 - 00:02:48 EET
So far the DVD is reliable. But, as a friend of mine used to say, "if
it's not on tape, it's not" ;-)
Jan
On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 15:55, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> Jan Depner hat gesagt: // Jan Depner wrote:
>
> > You can get an NEC DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW/CDR/RW for about $120 if you look
> > around. That's what I paid for mine (including shipping).
>
> Ooh, but I've read that DVD is not really reliable, or at least not
> proven to be reliable for archiving.
>
> For large data amounts, probably good old tape is still the best.
>
> But backups are for wimps. (Linus T.)
>
> ciao
> --
> Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
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