DVD for RunRev?

[Erik Hansen]

--- "A.C.T." <albrecht at act-net.com> wrote:

> Tape is the best tested, longest lasting backup
> media currently 
> available. There is not enough experience
> available about how long DVDR 
> will keep their data, although enough users
> already have already 
> reported problems with "cheap DVD media"
> (whatever that is). It is a 
> proven fact that CDR do not last longer than a
> couple of years - they 
> work well for music (since there is an error
> recovery algorhythm for 
> that), but data is a problem and long-term
> backup strategies always will 
> copy CDR to tape at some point in time.
> 
> If you want to store your data SAFE, CDR or
> DVDR surely are the second 
> worst choice, HDs being the worst. If you want
> comfort, the line is 
> reversed.
> 
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
> Marc Albrecht

danke, 'ch bin ueberuebert.

how do you like CDs and 
can you get 28 min of video onto a CD?

Erik Hansen

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erik at erikhansen.org    http://www.erikhansen.org

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